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100
Movies, magazines, and radio were still enormously popular.
What remained unchanged during the Depression?
100
October 29, 1929.
What date did the New York Stock Exchange crash?
200
By "hopping" freight trains, riding on the roof or clinging to the rods underneath a train.
How did men travel across the country?
200
He believed that the devastating situation was only temporary and the economy would recover.
What was the flaw in Mackenzie King's belief?
200
Foreign countries were beginning to produce their own wheat, causing the production in Canada to decrease.
What caused the decline of the wheat industry?
200
People could not see the other side of the road, dust piled onto window sills, and got into cupboards.
How severe were the dust storms?
200
No, there was more than one cause.
Was the stock market exchange crash the sole cause of the Depression?
300
Men were paid 20 cents a day, the food was terrible, and beds were usually bug-infested.
What were the working conditions in work camps?
300
There was disagreement over which government had the right to collect tax money and which government should pay for social and employment assistance.
What caused tension between the federal and provincial government?
400
France and Great Britain counted on Germany to compensate for war damages in order to pay back war debt to the United States, which they were demanding repayment for these loans.
How did Germany's inability to pay reparations affect the United States?
400
Wheat and newsprint.
What were the main Canadian exports that decreased due to loss of demand?
500
The party supported public ownership of key industries, supported social programs to assist people in need, and urged the government to spend money on public works in order to create employment.
What were the beliefs of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)?
500
In order to make reparations, the government had begun printing large amounts of money, which damaged their economy.
How did Germany try to pay its reparations?
500
It helped farmers build irrigation systems and reservoirs; though many families were forced to leave before this occurred.
What was the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration Act?
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