Interwar Years (20's and 30's) Flashcards
(19 cards)
Group of Seven
- Rejected realism
- Used bold strokes/heavy paints/contrast in their paintings
- Painted the Canadian North
Foster Hewitt
Radio man known for the catchphrase “he shoots, he scores”
Inventions
Car, commercial airplane, radio
Pier 21
Port in Halifax that received immigrants
Countries with high emigration to Canada
England, Poland, US, Scotland, Ireland
Collective bargaining
The right for employees to collectively bargain with employers
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Modern day NDP
Agnes Macphail
First female MP
Emily Murphy
First female judge in British Empire, part of the Famous Five
Cairine Wilson
First female senator
Balanced Budget
Expenditures & Revenues equal. Most popular before the Great Depression, with the exception of wartime economies.
Market Economy
An economy which has individual producers determine prices and quantity of produced goods.
New Deal
An economic policy Roosevelt promised in his election campaign that offered relief programs for the unemployed during the Depression
Deficit Financing
Plan suggested by economist Keynes, which entailed government borrowing money to invest in the economy, leading to economic gains.
Dole
Vouchers which could be exchanged for goods, and was a last resort form of public relief in Canada. Kept lower than the lowest paying jobs in order to discourage usage, but led to insufficient living standards.
Pogey
Same as dole
Unemployment Relief Camps
Camps that worked on public projects with minimal pay. They recruited single unemployed men, and the poor pay led to workers riding the rails in the on-to-ottawa trek.
Dionne Quintuplets
The first quintuplets to be born who lived more than a few days. They became a national phenomenon as a temporary distraction from the Depression, and were raised for 9 years by the government, separated from their family. They were eventually returned after a legal battle.
