Midterm review Flashcards
(25 cards)
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Prime Minister of Canada 1921-1948
Arthur Meighen
Prime minister of Canada - briefly
ended wgs
Julian Byng
Governor General of CanadaW
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
taught that beer drinkers would die from “dropsie” (swelling)
Emily Murphy
the first female magistrate in the British Empire
The Famous Five
Emily Murphy, Henrietta Edwards, Louise McKenny, Irene Parlbyand Nelly McLung.
Mary Pickford
best actress 1929
The Group of Seven
meeting place for writers and artists
Frederick Banting
invented Insulin for diabetics
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Emperor of Germany
General Arthur Currie
Canadian General, planned Vimy Ridge
Gavrilo Princip
Black Hand member who assassinated Franz Ferdinand
Sir Robert Borden
Prime minister of Canada 1911-1920
conscription, british independence
Woodrow Wilson
US President, 14-point plan
Franz Ferdinand
Heir to the Austro-Hungarian Throne
Edmonton Grads
women’s basketball team
Bobbie Rosenfeld
runner
Speakeasies
illegal hidden bars with a secret hidden password
Bootleggers
smuggled and sold alcohol across the country and made a fortune
Agnes Macphail
first female MP, progressive party 1921
When was the King Byng affair
1925
Lionel Conacher
most famous Canadian athletes during the 20s
J.S Woodsworth
labour activist arrested during the Winnipeg general strike and fought or workers rights
