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100
Year The New York Stock Market crash?
What is October 29th, 1929.
100
Common term/motto used during the boom years to describe "Buying on Credit"?
What is "Buy now, pay later."
100
Nearly 25% of Canadians were effected by this national statistic.
What is the Unemployment Rate.
100
Speech Prime Minister Mackenzie said which led him to be voted out in the next election?
What is the "Five Cent Speech".
200
Year that "On to Ottawa" Trek occur?
What is 1935.
200
Term used to describe the day the Stock Market crash?
What is "Black Tuesday".
200
One of the biggest contributing factors to blame for the Depression; too many items manufactured, sat unsold in warehouses.
What is "Overproduction".
200
The remuneration men received to work at the Work Camps in B.C.?
What is 20 cents per day.
300
The year that "The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation" (CCF) was formed?
What is 1932.
300
A fungus that attacked wheat and killed grain crops nearing maturity?
What is "Rust".
300
French and English broadcasting station introduced to Canada in 1936?
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
300
Platform used by Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in 1932 election?
What is the "Regina Manifesto".
400
Conservative Prime Minister that was in power from 1930-1935?
Who is R. B. Bennett.
400
Millions of hectares of fertile topsoil that blew away in the prairie provinces in 1931?
What is "Dust Bowl" or "Dust Storms".
400
Four export products the Canadian economy was reliant on during 1920's?
What are wheat, fish, minerals and pulp and paper.
400
Announced on "Voice of the Prairie" radio show promising Canadian $25 per month, a social credit to help jump start the economy in Alberta.
Who is William Aberhart.
500
The year Union Nationale party came into power?
What is Quebec, 1936.
500
Men clung to the rods underneath the train, searching for work across Canada.
What is "Riding the Rods".
500
Major cause of the Depression when many Canadians were financially ruined, from borrowing funds, then prices plummeted and the stock market crashed.
What is "Buying on Margin".
500
Amount of years the Union Nationale stayed in power for (with one interruption)?
What is 23 years.
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