The Great Depression
Lifestyle
Canadian History
Politics
Vocabulary
100
What is one cause that led up to the Depression?
The overproduction of goods such as cars and clothing.
100
How did people get rich before the Depression?
They bought stocks on margin and resold them for quick profit when prices went up.
100
When did the Great Depression begin in Canada?
It began during the 1930s.
100
What party did Mackenzie King belong to?
The Liberal Party of Canada.
100
"buy now, pay later".
Buying on Credit.
200
How did Canada's dependence on the USA affect the fall to depression?
Canada sold exports to the U.S. and when the American economy failed so did Canada's.
200
What were some consequences of the depression?
There were higher unemployment rates, no demand for goods, businesses and farms that had loans went bankrupt and couldn't pay off bank loans.
200
What primary products did Canada depend on for money before the Depression?
They depended on fish, wheat, minerals, pulp, and paper.
200
Who became Prime Minister in 1930 and introduced the "New Deal" years later?
Richard Bedford Bennett.
200
Leader of the CCF(Cooperative Commonwealth Federation).
J.S. Woodsworth
300
When did the stock market collapse happen?
The New York stock market collapsed in 1929, shortly followed by the Toronto and Montreal stock markets.
300
How did people qualify for pogey?
You had to wait in line for hours, publicly declare poverty, swear they owned nothing, and prove eviction from home in order to receive vouchers.
300
In 1933, Premier Dufferin Pattullo from British Columbia promised voters 3 things from his plan "Little New Deal".
1. To shorten the work day. 2. To increase the minimum wage. 3. To increase relief payments by 20%.
300
Young, jobless, homeless men drifting from one place to another, looking for work that was never there.
Riding the Rods.
400
What were the major weaknesses in the Canadian Economy?
It depended on two resources - wheat from Praries and newsprint from BC, Ontario and Quebec. They were not selling wheat or newsprint so it led to job loss and factory loss and economy crash.
400
What did Mackenzie King say during his "five cent speech" that angered the Canadian citizens
That social welfare was the responsibility of the provinces and he would not give a "five-cent piece" to any province that did not have a Liberal government.
500
Which Canadian provinces suffered the most from the Depression and list three reasons why?
1. The prairie provinces suffered the most with collapse of the wheat market, families were struggling to survive. 2. They were hit with disastrous droughts that lasted for 8 years leaving millions of hectares of fertile soil destroyed. 3. The prairies were plagued with grasshoppers that stopped trains, buses, and cars.
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