The Beginning of the Depression
The Five Cent Speech
On to Ottawa Trek
The Bottom Falling Out
Desperate years
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When did the Depression start?
In 1929
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Who spoke the famous Five Cent Speech?
William Lyon McKenzie King 
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What was the Union called that went to Ottawa?

Relief Camp Workers Union

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What started people going into debt?
They started buying everything on credit.
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What was the government relief fund that helped people without any source of income called?
pogey
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What was the main event that started the Depression?
The stock market crashed.
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Why did William Lyon McKenzie King give the famous Five Cent Speech?
Because Canadians were demanding the government to do something about the economic crisis
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In what province did the trekkers get stopped by the RCMP in?
Regina
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What was the moto for this time?
"buy now, pay later" 
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What were the requirements to get pogey? 
You needed to prove that you owned nothing of value and that you are being evicted.
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What was the cause of the stock market crash? 
Overproduction of goods such as cars, radios, clothing, and newsprint.
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Since this speech did not install confidence in the nations leader, who replaced King in the next election?
R.B. Benette
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What was R.B. Bennett's reaction to the Union leaders coming to Ottawa?  
Bennett immediately mad his point clear, and attacked them saying they were radicals and trouble makers.  
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Why is it that Canadians started to buy everything on Credit? 
Because of Overproduction 
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Many men did not have jobs, so what did they do in order to look for new jobs?
They hopped onto freight trains, and traveled to every town they could.
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