Stock Market Crash
Buying on Credit
Canada's Dependency on Few Natural Resources
Desperate Years
Drought on the Prairies
100
The nickname given to the day of the stock market crash
What is Bloody Tuesday
100
Another name for buying stocks with money loaned to you from the bank
What is buying on margin
100
Prior to the depression Canada relied on 5 main natural resources for income
What is wheat, fish, minerals, pulp and paper
100
The percentage of unemployed Canadians by 1933
What is 25%, or 1/4
100
The ears in which these droughts took place
What is 1929, 1931, and 1933-1937
200
The 3 stock exchanges that crashed prior to the depression took place in these cities
What are New York, Montreal, and Toronto
200
The thought process many people had during the 20's towards buying on credit
What is "buy now, pay later"
200
When other countries began selling the same exports as Canada this happened to the prices
What is prices beginning to decline
200
The reason many factory workers were fired
What is overproduction
200
Form of storm that blew hectares of fertile soil away
What is a dust storm
500
The reason many people were surprised and not prepared for this crash
What is booming economy with stock prices that kept going up in value, creating large profits
500
The reason many people took out loans
What is getting in on the stock market exchange action, and hoping to make back the loan and a profit
500
After the competition of natural resource selling grew between countries, it had this impact on the Canadian economy
What is a weaker economy with less income
500
The reason some people wouldn't be allowed to get "pogey"
What is not being able to prove they had no other source of income
500
The Prairie Farmers Act had little effect on farmers due to this reason
What is many farmers had already left their homes and farms because nothing would grow
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