Canadian Economy
Depression Facts
Strategy's to save or make money
Weather
Politics during the Depression
100
A tax placed on imported goods, which in turn made Canadian products more expensive?
What is a Tariff
100
The New York stock market crashed in what year?
What is 1929
200
What year was the height of the depression?
What is 1933
200
“Small down payment with a big loan”
What is "Buying on Margin"
200
Semi-Arid area in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan?
What is Palliser's Triangle
300
What percentage of Canadians was un-employed in 1933
What is 25%
300
What was an easy way to get rich in the 1920's?
What is The Stock Market
300
A plague of what descended on the prairies in 1935
What is Grasshoppers
300
Who was the prime minster at the time of the Depression?
What is Mackenzie King and R.B Bennett
400
In the 20’s and 30’s what sales of products did the Canadian economy rely on?
What is Wheat,Fish,Minerals and Pulp and Paper
400
What was the term used for,” government relief payments given to those with no source of income”?
What is Pogey
400
Easily obtained and borrowed lots of money for the person to back?
What is a loan
500
12. “Riding the rods” was a term used to describe?
What is Traveling from town to town by hopping trains
500
“ Buy now pay later” was the motto for?
What is "Buying on Credit"
500
What years did Canadian farmers experience severe drought?
What is 1929,1931 and 1933-1937
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