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Question 1

What are the nine economic signs?

Answer 1

Sales, Wages, Prices, Production, Profits, Business Failures, Demand for Goods, Labour Unrest, and Unemployment

Question 2

What is a “dust bowl”?

Answer 2

An area where strong winds blow dry soil into the air, creating frequent storms. Ex: the Palliser Triangle.

Question 3

What is “rust” as it pertains to grain crops?

Answer 3

A fungus disease that kills grain crops nearing maturity. The maturing grain stalk weakens and the seed head falls from it.

Question 4

Describe the On to Ottawa Trek.

Answer 4

-June 3: 1,800 men, organized by the communist-sponsored Relief Project Workers’ Union, set off walking to Ottawa
-June 14: Picked up other protesters along the way and arrived in Regina with 2,000 men

Question 5

Describe the Regina Riot.

Answer 5

-Bennett agrees to meet with a small group of leaders in Ottawa
-July 1: Some leaders present their grievances to locals of Regina and are arrested
-A conflict lasting hours breaks out in Market Square
-1 city detective died, many police injured, 130 arrested

Question 6

Describe Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Answer 6

-Focused on three major areas: promoting recovery, providing relief to the needy, and reforming investment and banking regulations
-Introduced unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, minimum wage, and a maximum work week.

Question 7

Describe Bennett’s New Deal.

Answer 7

-Introduced a more progressive taxation system, a maximum work week, a minimum wage, stronger regulations of working conditions, unemployment insurance, health and accident insurance, a revised old-age pension, agricultural support programs, and a grain board to regulate wheat prices.

Question 8

What is the Palliser Triangle?

Answer 8

An area that intersects the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, afflicted by drought through 1929-1937.