1920's and 1930's People
Prime Minister of Canada who was conservative and known to offend others
Who is Prime Minister Arthur Meighen
what is the average coast of a car in 1920
$300 or less
This day in 1929 was the catalyst for the great depression
What is Black Tuesday
This was at an all-time high during the 1930's due to the Great Depression
What is unemployment
This is a period of time from 1929 - 1939 where life was difficult for many people
What is the Great Depression
Group of women including Emily Murphy who petitioned to be considered Persons in Canada
Who are The Famous Five
what form of music exploded in popularity during the 1920s
what is jazz
The world war I saw mass productions but after the war items started stockpile which led to this cause of the Depression
What is overproduction
These were places, where in exchange for room-and-board men did physically demanding labour during the depression
What are Relief camps
A famine and droughts badly destroyed the agriculture of the prairies during the 1930's resulting in this
What is the dust bowl
voted Canada's Athlete of the Half Century by the Canadian and given the nickname "the big train"
who was Lionel Conacher
a fun way to ski and get wet
water skiing
These types of taxes are used to prop up and protect American businesses from foreign manufacturers and goods.
What are Tariffs
Men Riding the rails were arrested in Reigna for not having a job and it led to this
What is the Reigna Riot
This protest involved the walk out of 30,000 workers causing the city to halt
What is the Winnipeg General strike
Recognized as being amongst the first artists to embrace a distinctive Canadian art movement – a deep and lasting impression on the people of Canada
who was the groupe of seven
a little box with moving pictures on it
television
When the price for raw resources dropped and competition arose Canada suffered because of this cause of WWI
What is dependance on exports
A way of investing in the stock market in which one only pays a portion of the price; caused excess inflation to price of stocks: less people could afford.
What is buying on Margin
The first worldwide organization brought together by President Woodrow Wilson
What is the League of Nations
Known as the original “American Sweetheart”
who is Mary Pickford
What were the first movie theaters (opened in 1915) called?
Palaces
this was the major cause of the farmers going bankrupt
what is buying farm machinery on credit
what main event happened in the 1930s?
the grate depression
A major reason why many African Americans moved to the North after WWI.
what is the increase of job opportunities