One quarter of the Canada's workforce was unemployed
What happened to Canada's work force in the winter of 1933?
100
R.B. Bennett
Who became the Prime Minister after the election in 1930?
100
J. S. Woodsworth
Who was the leader of the CCF?
200
The "Great Depression"
What was the consequence after the collapse of the stock market?
200
Drought on the Prairies
What also happened in Canada in 1929, 31, 33-37?
200
His government gave the provinces $20 million for work-creation programs
What was the solution that Bennett and his government came up with in order to solve the Depression?
200
The Social Credit Party believed that the best way to ease the Depression was for the government to put money in people’s pockets and encourage them to spend it.
What did the Social Credit Party believe?
300
It meant that "buying shares with only 10% down and repaying the remaining 90% after the profits were made in the stock market
What did "Buying on Margin" mean?
300
An area between Cartwright, Manitoba, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, and Calgary, Alberta
What was the "Palliser Triangle"?
300
They worked on the projects such as building roads, clearing land, and digging drains.
What were the projects that the workers work on while they were in the 'work-camp'?
300
In 1934
In Ontario, when did the Liberals came into the power for the first time in 29 years period?
400
The went bankrupt in a single day.
What happened to the heavy borrowers, who borrowed a lot of money in order to buy shares, after the collapse of the stock market?
400
Almost 8 years
How long did the drought last?
400
They got paid 20 cents each a day
How mush did the workers get pay for a day while they were in the camps?
400
In 1935
When did Mackenzie King came back in to power again?
500
1.Overproduction
2.Canada's dependence on a few primary products
3.Canada's dependence of the USA
4.High Tariff Protectionism
5.Buying on credit
6.Buying on margin
What were the 6 factors that caused the Depression?
500
"The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act"
What was the act which the government passed in 1935 to help farmers build irrigation systems and reservoirs?
500
The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was formed in 1932 which supported social programs such as income assistance, and publicly funded health care to help those in need.
When the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was formed? And what was the purpose of the CCF?