This was a popular form of entertainment in the 30s
What are movies
100
He was the infamous Prime Minister of Canada
Who is RB Bennett
100
How high was unemployment?
What is 25%
100
This is the nickname for the prairies
What is the "Dust Bowl"
200
Name a movie produced in the 1930s
What is "Wizard of Oz" "King Kong" "Dracula" "Gone with the Wind"
200
A family could expect to receive this much relief per month
What is $19/month in Halifax, $60/month in Calgary
200
How much did relief camp workers make per day?
What is 20 cents
200
These communities of temporary shelters popped up in cities across North America
What is "Shanty Towns"
300
These babies were so famous in Canada they even had their own theme park!
What are the Dionne Quintuplets
300
Name two of the jobs workers received in relief camps
What are forest clearing, building roads, plant trees, building public buildings
300
Name the 4 stages of the business cycle
Prosperity, Recession, Depression, Recovery
300
Many young men went looking for work from city to city illegally on trains this was called...?
What is "Riding the Rails"
400
This kind of music was popular
What is Jazz
400
Relief camp workers road the rails by the thousands in this famous journey to the capital
What is the "On-to-Ottawa Trek"
400
Name the stage of the business cycle:
Martin's bakery is making 200 cookies per day for $0.06. They were forced to lay off 3 employees, but are still managing to stay open. The number of customers are declining and Martin is worried he will have to drop the price of cookies even further and lay off more employees.
What is recession
400
What drove prices of grain down?
Over production, too much supply not enough demand
500
Montreal had a unique Jazz scene, what was so different about it?
What is it was integrated
500
Name 3 changes proposed in Bennett's New Deal
What is
1. unemployment insurance
2. introduce minimum wage and limit work hours
3. Federal farm credit
4. Fair trade and anti-monopoly laws
5. Farm rehabilitation
6. New Wheat Board to control and monitor grain prices
500
What is the difference between a tax and a tariff?
What is tariffs are imposed on imports from other countries, taxes are imposed on people living in the country
500
What are two ways you would survive in the city?
What is soup kitchens/bread lines, vouchers, public relief agencies, churches, shanty towns