Prohibition
The illegal act of transporting alcohol to dry areas over the Canadian border.
Rum Running
What is the name of the medicine created by Frederick Banting?
Frederick Banting
Who is a person?
A white man over the age of 30
What job did most black Canadians have in the 1920s?
Sleeping Car Porter
Who was the Prime Minister during the Great Depression? (gave his own money when responding to letters)
RB Bennett
Who supported the prohibition?
The Temperance Movement
Women’s fashion during the decade was known as the…
Flapper Look
What is the name of the group of women who fought for women to be considered a person?
The Famous Five
What legislation banned Chinese immigrants from entering Canada?
Chinese Immigration Act
The name of the make shift settlements that many homeless people lived in?
Shantytowns
A secret drinking establishment.
Speakeasy
A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain something from an employer.
A general strike
What is the name of the court case taken to the Privy Council?
The Persons Case
What was the first legislation that excluded immigration based on ethnicity?
Chinese Head Tax
What stopped the On-To-Ottawa-trek?
Regina Riot
List one reason why prohibition was supported?
1. Reduce domestic violence
2. Support the war effort
3. To ensure income stability
Movies during the decade were known as…
Talkies
What is one reason it was believed women had no place in politics?
Did not have the capacity to reason
Could not think logically but only with emotions
Lack the knowledge to cast an informed vote
Were to be submissive to men
Needed to stay in the private life
Vote the same as their male family members
What is the name of the closest Residential School to Kitchener?
Mohawk Institute Residential School
What was the name of the car without its engine that was pulled by horses?
Bennett Buggies
Who is the Al Capone of Canada?
Rocco Perri
The King-Byng affair was a __________ crisis
Constatutional
Who was the first woman elected into government?
Agnes MacPhail
What act made it mandatory for Indigenous children to attend Residential Schools?
The Indian Act
What are the 4 causes of the Great Depression?
1. Overproduction
2. Dependent on the USA (Trade)
3. Reliance on Natural Resources (Dustbowl/Grasshoppers)
4. Buying with credit