Impact of Depression(Lesson 1)
What was the name of the decade-long event that made farming nearly impossible?
Dustbowl
Identify an intervention used by R.B Bennett to combat the depression
relief camps, tariffs, personal aid (money in his responses to peoples letters)
Who became a Canadian icon by being the voice of "Hockey Night in Canada" during the 1930's?
Foster Hewitt
In what year did employment rates reach their lowest in Canada during the depression?
1933
What was the region of provinces that faced economic difficulties because they could no longer profit enough off of fishing?
The Maritimes
Which Canadian political party thought that capitalism had failed us and that socialism would bring us out of the depression?
CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Foundation)
Identify a specific group of people who had an increased chance of facing deportation during the depression.
Prisoners, those in long term care, low-income (gov't relief)
By what percentage did Canadian world trade fall between 1929-1934
66%
Identify 2 ways in which unemployment impacted Canadians
Homelessness, hunger, birth rates drop
What made Mackenzie King's 5-cent speech significant?
Displayed a lack of sympathy for Canadians, and an unwillingness to support provincial governments.
What was the system that strongly amplifed the impacts of the depression on Indigenous communities?
Pass/permit system
On average, how many immigrants arrived to Canada during the Great Depression?
16,000
Identify one of the proposed causes of the Great Depression
Stock market crash, bank/business failures, gold standard
What was the purpose behind the implementation of tariffs during the depression?
Make domestic products more appealing to Canadians
What organization was responsible for organizing the Vancouver Hunger March?
Communist Party of Canada
What was the idea/term (used by Bennett) of putting Canada first, and encouraging Canada to buy our own products first
Protectionism