Stock Market
Economic Conditions
Farming Issues
Unemployment
Misc. Vocabulary
100
Black Tuesday
What was the name given to the day when the New York Stock market crashed (followed by the Montreal and Toronto stock markets)
100
Taxes and duties meant to protect local manufacturers and producers.
What are tariffs?
100
Palliser's Triangle
What was the semi-arid area of Alberta and Saskatchewan hardest hit by drought and dust storms?
100
25-30%
What was the percentage of unemployment and the height of the Depression?
100
"Jungles"
What is one of the names for the shanty towns where men stayed as they travelled across the country looking for work?
200
They could make money without spending as much of their own.
Why would an investor choose to buy on margin?
200
High US unemployment, decreased demand for Canadian products.
What was the impact of American factories shutting down?
200
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration Act
What was the act designed to help farmers build irrigation systems and reservoirs?
200
Hopping freight trains
What did young men do to seek work?
200
Pogey
What is the term used to describe government relief payments?
300
Stock is purchased with a small down payment and a large loan.
How do you buy on margin?
300
Credit
How can you buy something without paying for it all at once?
300
Other countries began producing and selling wheat themselves.
Why did the demand for Canadian wheat production drop off?
300
Dignity and well-being
What did people lose in addition to their jobs?
300
"Riding the Rods"
What is the term for moving from town to town on the railroads, looking for work?
400
The stock was worth a lot less and the investor had to pay off their loan. They lots lot of money.
If you had bought stock on margin, what happened when the market crashed?
400
Fish, wheat, minerals, pulp and paper
What were Canada's main products?
400
Pogey, private charities, soup kitchens.
What were several supports for helping the unemployed?
400
The Dirty 30's
What was the name used for the decade of the Depression?
500
Investors lost their money, many declared bankruptcy, people lost their jobs and homes.
What were some of the results from the stock market crash?
500
Couldn't recover from a drop in international demand in the US and abroad.
What effect did Canada's over-reliance on a small number of products have?
500
Drought, dust storms, grasshopper infestation and reduced demand for Canadian wheat outside of Canada.
What did many farmers go out of business?
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