Terms
This was an era where alcohol was banned from being made, sold and consumed.
Prohibition
Daily wage of a relief camp worker
20 cents.
This type of dance was popular with the younger generation.
Charleston
A group of famous artists that painted Canadian landscapes.
Group of Seven
This Prime Minister believed in letting the depression “run its course”.
Mackenzie King
A system of schools that forced children to abandon their culture, language and identities
Residential School System
This leader started the Unemployment Relief Act.
Answer
RB Bennett
Popular music in the 1920s, originating from New Orleans.
Jazz
Name of the Canadian actor famous for picture movies.
Charlie Chaplin.
What is the term for making too much of something that you cannot sell?
Overproduction
Name for an illegal bar in the 1920s.
Speakeasy
An engineless car pulled by oxen or horse.
Bennett Buggy
This law was passed to limit immigrants coming from what country?
China
Important Canadian Jazz musician.
Oscar Peterson
The production of what technology increased jobs and production in the 1920s in Ontario?
Automobile
A virus that killed more people than the First World War
Spanish Flu
Slang term used to describe the day the economy downturned in the late 1920s.
Black Tuesday
What women were excluded from the right to vote in the 1920s?
Indigenous and Inuit
The inventors of insulin.
Banting and Best
The economy of this city came to a halt when all workers left their jobs to strike.
Winnipeg
A young woman who wore short skirts, had short hair, smoked, danced and drank in the 1920s.
Flapper Girl
What group of people lost all their livelihood in Western Canada?
Farmers
This household technology gathered families together
Radio
The Prime Minister of Canada from 1930-1935
RB Bennett
The term for buying something now and paying later.