Industrialization of Quebec Flashcards
0
Q
What’s the Social climate in Quebec from 1896 to 1945 ?
A
- Stratification of Society
- Rural exodus
- Urbanization
- Survivance from 1840-1960
1
Q
What’s the economic climate in Quebec from 1896 to 1945 ?
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- Industrialization
- WW2
- Depression
- Wealth and power still in English hands
2
Q
What’s the political climate in Quebec from 1896 to 1945 ?
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- Open market (end of protectionism)
- Provincial Autonomy
3
Q
What did Alexandre Taschereau say about opening the markets ?
A
“I prefer importing American dollars than exporting Canadian workers”
4
Q
What marks the 1st industrialization ?
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- From 1896 to 1929
- Increase in foreign investment
- Montreal becomes the economic center of canada
- Urbanization
- Immigration from Europe
- Rise of Proloteriat
- Development of natural resource industries (hydro, paper, mining)
5
Q
What is the Great Depression ?
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- Starts with the Krach in New York in 1929
- Natural resource industry fails
- Brief return to agriculture
- 25% of the population becomes unemployed
6
Q
What marks the second industrialization ?
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- WW2 stimulates production, mass production and consumerism
- Natural resource sectors rises again
- Tertiary sector emmerges
7
Q
What’s the political/social climate in Quebec from 1945 to 1960 ?
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- Federal government holds power
- Keynesian strategies
- Taxation
- Decrease in faith
- Baby boom
8
Q
Woman’s vote.
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1940
