Economy
The daily wage of a relief camp worker.
What is 20 cents?
He was the Liberal Prime Minister in Canada in 1928.
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie King?
Known as America's Sweetheart, starred in 51 films.
Who is Mary Pickford?
Cost for a movie ticket in the 1930s.
What is a nickel?
A young female who wore short skirts, had short hair, smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol and/or refused to get married.
Who was a flapper?
Two plagues of the prairie farmers?
What are the drought, locusts, dust storms?
The length of time Bennett was Prime Minister.
What is 5 years?
A group of women who fought for women to be "persons."
Who were the Famous Five?
Popular music in the 1920s, originating from New Orleans.
What is Jazz?
An engineless car pulled by oxen or horses.
What is a Bennett Buggy?
Slang term used to describe the day the economy downturned in the late 1920s.
What is Black Tuesday?
This leader believed in letting the depression "run its course."
Who is RB Bennett?
This group led the reform for prohibition.
What was the Women's Christian Temperance Union?
A schooner that famously won international titles and is now featured on the back of the Canadian Dime.
What is the Bluenose?
Emergency funding.
What is government relief? Or what is "the dole?" Or what is "pogey?"
The government spent money to create jobs, set minimum wage, limited work to 8 hours/day, and set price controls.
What is the New Deal?
This leader started the Unemployment Relief Act.
Who was R.B. Bennett?
He invented insulin which saved countless lives.
Who is Sir Frederick J Banting?
These artists used techniques that were special to Canada and showcased Canadian Landscapes.
The banning of producing, consuming, or selling alcohol.
What is prohibition?
Term for the worst economic downturn of the 20th century, lasting from 1929 to 1939.
What is the Great Depression?
R.B. Bennett stopped the On-To-Ottawa trek in this town.
What is Regina?
She was the first woman in the House of Commons.
Who is Agnes McPhail?
List 4 popular leisure activities in the 1920s.
What were: listening to Jazz music, dancing to jazz music, listening to hockey on the radio, going to the movies, reading, board games, driving?
Term for the 1920s Economy.
What is booming? What is roaring? What is a Bull Market?