1920's-1930's Flashcards
(110 cards)
1
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By 1928, how many families owned an automobile?
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One in every two
2
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What is a share?
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One unit of ownership in a company
3
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How are the prices of shares determined?
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By supply and demand
4
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What is supply and demand
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If a lot of people wanted to buy, the price was high. If Mark wanted to sell them to buy, the price was dropped.
5
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When did the stock market reach its peak
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3 September 1929
6
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What happened Thursday, October 24
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wheat exchange plummeted
7
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What day did the stock market crash
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October 29 which is now called Black Tuesday
8
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What day is black Tuesday
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October 29
9
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What is the Great Depression
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When the stock market crashed
10
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What did Canada primarily trade
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Wheat, lumbar, pulp and paper and minerals
11
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When was credit introduce
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1929
12
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What was the purpose of credit
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Buy now pay later
13
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Why did credit end up being a disadvantage to society
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People bought and bought but couldn’t pay it later
14
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What did Countries do when they realize they had produced too many goods
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Raised tariffs
15
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What happens when the countries raised their Tariffs
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All other countries started suffering because no one else and buy their goods
16
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What is the danger of buying on margin
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Buying on margin was a gamble, people who bought like this is not always sell because of shares went down
17
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When was the NHL founded
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1917
18
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Why is Percy Williams the famous person in Canada
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He went to golds in the 100 200 m in 1929
19
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When were women allowed to participate in the Olympics for the first time
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In 1929
20
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Who were one of these women
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Bobby Rosenfield
21
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What did the women win in the Olympics
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2 gold 2 silver and one bronze
22
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What did the Group of Seven paint
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Landscapes
23
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Who is Emily carr
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A member of the group of seven
24
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Why did many people hate Canadians art
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Because landscape painting was new, only still life was painted
25
What party won the election of 1921
The Liberals
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Who is the leader of the liberals
William Lyon Mackenzie King
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When did King call another election
1926
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Who is the Gov. Gen. of the time
Julian Byng
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What must happen in order to call another election at the time
You must get permission from the Gov. Gen.
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What happen when the Gov. Gen. Julian Byng said no
King was unhappy and said that it was British interference, most Canadian side with King
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Went to an election was held anyways, what did King do to the Gov. Gen. Position
He limited the role to strictly ceremonial
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When were women allowed to get a divorce
In 1925
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Under what conditions could a woman get a divorce
If the husband committed adultery
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When were women allowed to get a divorce if there're husband left them for more than two years
1930
35
What happened if birth control was sold
The seller will be put in jail because birth control was illegal
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What were flappers
Women who drink, smoke, went to Jazz clubs, wore dresses that came to their knees, and had short hair and a Bob shingle
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What was the persons case
The case to have women become sitter as persons
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When did the famous five ask Parliament if women were considered persons
1927
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When did the Supreme Court ruled that persons meant male
1928
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What did the famous five do when the Supreme Court ruled this
They went to the privy Council in England which have the ability to overrule the Supreme Court of Canada
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What are the privy Council rule
Women were also persons
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Who is the first woman to be appointed to the Senate
Cairine Wilson
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When was she appointed to Senate
1930
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What were the 30s called
The dirty 30s
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What was the unemployment rate in the 1930s
Nearing 25%
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What was included in the Great Depression
Low sales, high unemployment, businesses closing, very low wages, low demand for goods, more people unemployed
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Who became Prime Minister in 1930
RB Bennett
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When did King become prime minister again
1935
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What was "on the dole"
A form of welfare offered to try and help Canadian citizens in the 1930s
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What were unemployment relief camps
The government made these to try and help those who are out of work during the depression you
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What is a refugee?
Person who was trying to escape the hardships of a country
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What was the St. Louis Tragedy?
When a boat full of jewish refugees were sent away from the US and Canada and back to Germany when there were captured
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What is a residential school?
A school built for aboriginals, it was in terrible conditions
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What is a dictator?
Someone who rules not heir own (can make any decision without input from anyone else)
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What is Isolationism?
When a country ttys to cut off/stay away from other countries problems
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What are American Branch Plants?
When a business is originated in America but expanded to Canada and is an exact replica
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Give an example of American Branch Plants
The Ford Plant
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What is Appeasement?
When the League of Nations would give Germany some of what they wanted to try and make sure a War didn't start
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What is Autonomy?
When you are on your own
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What are Rum Runners?
People who brought alcohol to the states
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What is a Bootlegger?
Someone who made illegal booze
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What is Temperance ?
The Canadian version of making alcohol illegal
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What is Prohibition?
The USA version of making alcohol illegal
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Who was Samuel Bronfman
First billionaire in Canada who made his money off of illegal booze
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What is social credit
Political party that wants to share country's wealth among all the citizens equally
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What was the dustbowl
Droughts in 1931 and from 1933 to 1939 that had it cripples the farming industry's in the prairies. The soil turned to dust and they can no longer grow crops
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What was the child labor laws
Originally children were not supposed to work however during the Great Depression the whole family was forced to work in order to get as much money as possible
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What is communism
When the government owns everything
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Who is James S woodsworth
The first leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation [CCF] he has also been the leader of the Winnipeg general strike
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What is the CCF believe in
They believed in democracy and free elections to achieve its goals
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What is democratic socialism
government should own key industries and share profits
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What are the social credit party leader William Aberhart give the citizens of Canada During the Great Depression
Prosperity money worth $25 that everybody would get once a month how to spend in public stores or it would be useless
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Who is the leader of the Quebec conservative party in 1933
Maurice Duplessis
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Who is the leader of the Union national
Maurice Duplessis joined with Paul Gougin to join together and fight the liberals in the provincial election of 1935
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Who became the premiere of Quebec in 1936
Maurice Duplessis
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Was Maurice Duplessis Fair when he was elected
No, he did not follow through on many of his promises and if an area you were living in had most of the people voted liberals they did not have the same privileges that people who had voted union national had
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What was the original role of the government
They were not involved in the lives of the cane citizens, and the depression citizens needed them to survive so the government became more involved
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What were flappers
Women who likes to drink smoke and go to jazz clubs and dressed in more revealing clothing
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How did workers survive the depression
They excepted lesser pay just to keep their job
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How are farmers during the depression
They had to burn some of their crops because I had too much people were buying enough and course the drought happened
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When did the onto Ottawa Trek happen
April 1935
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What was the on to Ottawa trek
What 1000 men hopped on top of trains to deliver the message of unhappiness to Prime Minister Bennett directly
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Where did the onto Ottawa trek occur
In Vancouver relief camps to Regina
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Was the onto ottawa trek successful
No, only eight of the men were allowed to meet with the Prime Minister
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What is indentured discrimination
When people are treated differently because of the culture or race Because other people discriminate them
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What were some relatively new household electric appliances
Radios telephones
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What new technology was invented
Automobiles and airplanes
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When was insulin invented
1921 by Frederick banting
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How did Japan test the league of Nations
They invaded China and one China appealed to the league of Nations they said they couldn't do anything because of their own problems
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What year did to japan this
1931
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What is the rape of Nanking
When the Japanese invaded the capital of China which is Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 and females of all ages brutally sexually harass
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How did Italy test the league of Nations
There dictator, mussolini, invaded Ethiopia in 1922 and later nations did nothing
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Is the Royal commission
A group of experts who study the problems of the country and find solutions
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How did RB Bennett contribute to the citizens of Canada while he was prime Minister
He was a very rich man to be sent money to almost everyone who emailed him asking for help
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Did rb Bennett do a good job of being prime minister of Canada
No because in follow through on any of his promises
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How long was Bennett Prime Minister for
1930-1935
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How is life for immigrants
Life is tough because they were put to hard labor for cheap pay because they didn't know any better
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How long did William Lyon Mackenzie King stay in the prime minister of Canada position for
1921-1926
1926-1930
1935-48
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What good did William King do for Canadian citizens
He gave unemployment insurance to unemployed people, pensions for all the old-age
100
What was the Chanak Affair
When Britain called upon Canadians to send troops to help them fight again it's Turks because the Turks wanted to take over to Mac but Canada originally declined want to be independent and when Prime Minister said for the Parliament to decide, they decided to help but by then the fight was already over
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What was the Balfour report
report that said that Canada was officially equal to Britain, it was the officialness of Canada's independence (1926)
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What is the statute of West Minister
This was an act to clarify the freedom of British dominions and illegal act of freedom
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What is fascism
A dictator
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Who is the main influence of fascism
Benito Mussolini
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Where was fascism the strongest
In Italy
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When did Benito gain full power
In 1922
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When did Benito take over Ethiopia
1935
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What's the difference between black Thursday back Tuesday
Black Thursday was when a record number of shares were traded and Black Tuesday is when the stock market actually crashed
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What day was October 24, 1929
Back Thursday
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What is buying on margin
Borrowing money from the broker to purchase the chair
