Politics
The speech made by PM William Lyon Mackenzie King in 1930, named the '____ ____ ______'; he told the public that social welfare was the responsibility of the provinces, and he would not give funds to provinces who weren't Liberal regardless.
What was the 'Five Cent Speech"?
Government-run job-creation areas, located in remote areas in the wilderness. Often dismal and uncomfortable environments.
What were Relief/Work Camps?
The event that is commonly believed (though not completely correct) to be the main reason the Great Depression happened.
What was the New York stock market crash of 1929?
The name people gave the day of the stock market crash on Tuesday, October 29, 1929.
What is "Black Tuesday"?
Re-elected Prime Minister after people got frustrated with Richard Bennett as PM.
Who was William Lyon Mackenzie-King?
Term used for government relief payments given to those with no alternative source of income; very humiliating experience in order to qualify and receive the vouchers.
What was 'Pogey'?
The means of over-meeting demand, and creating excess surplus.
What is overproduction?
Name given to the sprawling "Shanty Towns" that hobos camped at.
What were "Jungles".
Nicknamed "Canada's Little Commie", ___________ was tossed in prison from 1932-34 for openly leading and advocating for the Communist Party of Canada.
Who was Tim Buck?
The name given to PM Bennett’s change in policy, which was intended, among other measures introduce: fairer taxation according to wages earned, and social insurance programs.
What was Bennett's 'New Deal'?
The "buy now, pay later" method, introduced in the 1920's.
What is 'buying on credit'?
The name of the time when Stalin 'purged' and murdered anyone who opposed him and his ideals.
What was the Great Terror/the Great Purge?
Formed in western Canada in 1932, it was a socialist party, with the Regina Manifesto as its platform. It appealed to a wide variety of Canadians.
What was the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)?
Provide the reason why the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration was created in 1935, and why it proved to be mostly ineffective. (answers)
Was it an attempt to keep people on the prairies instead of leaving, by helping build irrigation systems and reservoirs. By this time, well over 200, 000 people had already left the prairies and relocated to the cities.
A major contributor to the economic depression. When 90% of money used to purchase stocks was borrowed, in the expectation that profits from sale of shares would pay off the loans.
What is 'buying on margin'?
The area's name in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan where the drought hit especially hard.
What is Palliser's Triangle?
Party that believed capitalism was a wasteful economic system. It proposed Social Credit, a method the party believed would help jump-start the economy.
What was the Social Credit Party?
A building project a British Columbia Premier commissioned to create jobs, and got in trouble for it by the Federal government. It is named after said premier.
What is the Pattullo Bridge?
Name for when many countries responded to slowing economies by placing tariffs on imported goods. It caused our economy to slow down further.
What was protectionism?
Name given to the Canadian battalion sent to aid Spain's Republican side during their civil war (1936-1939)
What were the Mac-Paps (the Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion)?