The Business Cycle
The lowest point of the business cycle.
What is economic depression?
The term for illegally riding on trains.
What is "riding the rails"?
The term for dust storms in the prairies.
What are "dust bowls"?
These people were most known for their bobbed hair, loose dresses, and rebellious nature to social norms.
Who are flappers?
The treaty that limited the power of Germany after World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The falling point of the business cycle.
What is economic recession?
The protest against the government where people took the train to Ottawa.
What is the "On-to-Ottawa Trek"?
The name given to cars tied to horses in the Great Depression.
What are "Bennett buggies"?
This genre of music gained massive popularity through the radio during the Roaring 20s.
What is jazz?
A nation that pulled out of the first world war because of a political and social revolution.
What is Russia?
The highest point of the business cycle.
What is economic prosperity?
The event that started the Great Depression?
What is the Stock Market Crash?
Towns of make-shift houses during the Great Depression.
What are "shanty towns"?
A virus that was brought back by soldiers after World War I ended.
What is the Spanish Flu?
A neutral nation that was invaded in the beginning of World War I.
What is Belgium?
The growth point of the business cycle.
What is economic recovery?
The name of the day of the Great Depression.
What is "Black Tuesday"?
This term is used to mean buying stocks on credit.
What is "buying on credit"?
This legal battle resulted in women being recognized as "persons" under law.
What is the Persons Case?
The man who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The group of artists that painted artworks of Canadian landscapes during the Roaring 20s.
What is the Famous Five?
The prime minister of Canada during World War I.
Who is Prime Minister Borden?