The "Five Cent Speech"
The Bottom Falls Out
Hard Times Hit Canada
100
What kind of government did the Prime Minister want Canadian's to live under?
What is a Liberal Government?
100
What year did the New York, Toronto, and Montreal stock markets suddenly crash?
What is October, 1929?
100
When was the height of the Depression?
What is 1933?
200
Which Prime Minister held the "Five Cent Speech" ?
What is Prime Minister Mackenzie King?
200
What was the percentage of unemployed at the end of the economic boom?
What is 4.2%?
200
What percentage of Canadians were unemployed, homeless, or desperately poor during the high of the depression?
What is 25%?
300
In 1930, Prime Minister Mackenzie King was voted out of power. Who took over as Prime Minister?
What is Prime Minster R.B. Bennett?
300
What marked the start of the great depression?
What is the collapse of the stock market?
300
What did the term "pogey" stand for during the great Depression?
What is government relief payments?
400
What did Prime Minister Mackenzie King claim in his speech was the provinces responsibility?
What is social welfare?
400
What did many Canadian's see as an easy way to get rich in the 1920s?
What is the stock market?
400
Which act was passed in 1935 to help farmers?
What is the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration Act?
500
In 1935, under what slogan did the Liberal Party campaign ?
What is "King or Chaos"?
500
As the world economy slowed down, many countries responded by doing what to imported goods?
What is tariffs?
500
What term was used for the men who road trains from city to city in search of jobs during the Great Depression ?
What is "Riding the Rods"?
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