1920 Farmers
How long was the prairie drought of 1929?
10 years
What started the Great Depression?
The stock market crash of 1929
______ was a famous actor in the 1920s, known for his comedy films.
Charlie Chaplin
Who was the prime minister during the 20s?
Robert Borden
What was the worst rifle of WW1?
Ross Rifle
How many farmers abandoned their farms?
250,000
The day the stock market crashed is known as what?
What was invented for both communication and entertainment during the 1920s?
Radio
Who is known as the "Father Of Healthcare?"
Tommy Douglas
True or False: Germany was on France's side during WW1
False
An area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded.
Dust Bowl
The great depression started in _____ and ended in _____.
1929 and 1939
What kind of place was popular during the 1920s due to prohibition?
Speakeasy's
Who discovered insulin?
Fredrick Banting
Who was assassinated, resulting in the spark that caused WW1
Franz Ferdinand
What destroyed many crops?
A grasshopper plague
True or False: The stock market crash wasn't the only cause that led to the great depression.
True
What was the most popular music genre during the 1920s?
Jazz
_____ is known as one of the main leaders and organizers of the Winnipeg general strike?
Helen Armstrong
When did WW1 start?
July 1914
While Canadian prairie farmers were struggling to survive, who had huge harvests of wheat?
Australia, Russia, and Argentina
True or False: Many stock market shares lost half their value.
True
______ was a very popular Jaz artist during the 1920s, known for his popular song What a Wonderful World.
Louis Armstrong
7 artists who were seen as revolutionary at the time and painted many Canadian landscapes.
Group of 7
_____ was a fungal disease caused by muddy and unsanitary conditions in trenches.
Trench Foot