Causes
Results
Solutions
Suffering
100
world stock market collapses
What is the major event that started the Depression
100
R.B Bennett
Who became Prime Minister after Mackenzie King got voted out of power?
100
Ottawa trek
What is the event in which 130 men got arrested, 1 killed, many injured?
200
October 29th 1920
What is the date the New York stock market collapsed
300
1. People bought things on credit 2. People also purchased things by using margin ( small down payment, then take out a big loan.
What were two reasons that led people into economic recession?
300
25% of Canadians were what during peak of depression
What percent of Canadians were unemployed during the height of the Depression, 1933?
400
minerals, fish, wheat, pulp and paper.
What products were being made by Canada as well as other countries, leading up to Canada's economy recession?
400
workplaces created by the federal government to help reduce unemployment rates
What are work camps?
400
he did $20 million for work creation programs, he imposed high tariffs on imported goods
What attempts did Prime Minister Bennett make to improve Canada's economy?
500
Droughts
What is the main reason that farmers were hurt during the Depression?
500
government fund given to poor people who owned nothing valuable and were homeless
What is "Pogey"
500
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and the Social Credit Party
Name 2 new political parties which were created during the Depression
500
speech given by King declaring he wouldn't give a "five cent piece" to any provinces without Liberal government
What was the five cent speech?
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