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Post-War Prosperity
Post-War Politics
The Trudeau Era
Economic Challenges
100
With increasing demand for housing after WWII, these new developments emerged
What are suburbs
100
On August 6, 1945, this Prime Minister called a meeting of the provincial premiers to discuss the transition to a peacetime economy.
Who is Mackenzie King
100
This process refers a political question to the people for a direct vote.
What is a referendum.
100
Pierre Trudeau's belief that government had the duty to protect the rights and freedoms of people and foster their economic and social well-being
What is a "just society"
100
This term refers to a concern for the affairs of one's own region over those of one's country.
What is regionalism
200
Increased spending on new products and services were encouraged by this invention
What is Television
200
These large-scale construction projects required huge capital investment.
What are megaprojects
200
This politician saw himself as someone who listened to and spoke for ordinary people.
Who is John Diefenbaker
200
This uprising of teens after the baby boom created a more powerful youth culture of protest. It showed Canadian governments that young people were becoming more politically aware and politicians began making an effort to appeal to them.
What is the "Youthquake"
200
This organization placed an embargo on oil exports in 1973.
What is OPEC (The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)
300
This was established to investigate the state of Canadian culture. It suggested that Canadian culture needed to be protected from U.S. influence.
What is the Massey Commission
300
This joint Canadian and U.S. project was built to link the Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes.
What is the St. Lawrence Seaway
300
This politician believed Canada needed a distinct identity, encompassing multiculturalism.
Who is Lester B. Pearson
300
A person who supports the idea that women are equal to men and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
What is a feminist.
300
The feeling on the part of Western Canada that federal policies favour Central Canada; it has led to the rise of several regional parties including the Canadian Alliance Party.
What is "Western alienation".
400
This was established to award tax-funded grants to writers, artists, and theatres.
What is the Canada Council
400
Many Aboriginal communities suffered from this form of damage as a result of industrial developments during the 1960s.
What is environmental damage.
400
This Prime Minister promoted the 1960 Canadian Bill of Rights.
Who is John Diefenbaker
400
In 1967, this commission came to several important conclusions including giving women the right to choose to work outside the home, entitling women to paid maternity leave, and requiring the government to do all it can to overcome discrimination against women in society.
What is the Royal Commission on the Status of Women.
400
This had the following effects on Canada's economy: - increase in prices, decrease in purchasing power - business failures - increase in labour and energy costs - increase in unemployment from 5% to 13% - more women entered the workforce to supplement family income.
What is inflation?
500
This was established to enable veterans to obtain mortgages at preferential rates.
What is the Veterans' Land Act
500
These American-owned facilities provided Canadians with good jobs in manufacturing.
What are Branch Plants.
500
This Saskatchewan Premier became leader of the NDP and is credited as being the pioneer of socialist Medicare in Canada.
Who is Tommy Douglas
500
This famous environmental group was created in 1970 by a small group of activists in British Columbia.
What is Greenpeace
500
Introduced by Pierre Trudeau, this program had three aims: - to reduce consumption of oil - to protect Canadians from rising oil prices - to make Canada self-sufficient in oil.
What is the National Energy Program (NEP)
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