Years & Places
The year when Governor General refuses to call an election at the request of the Canadian Prime Minister. PM is furious, as are many Canadians.
What is 1925/1926
The name for the practice of providing services such as education to black and white Canadians separately.
What is "segregation"?
The British government makes plans to attack Turkey, however Canadian Prime Minister refuses to send troops.
What is the Chanak Crisis?
The environmental disaster that had an enormous impact on the southern Canadian prairies.
What is "A Drought"?
A system of using tariffs to raise the price of imported goods [goods from other countries] in order to protect domestic businesses [businesses from your own country]
Protectionism
The year when World Stock Markets, particularly in New York crash sending the world economy into the Great Depression.
What is 1929?
This style of music embodied the freedom and innovation of the roaring twenties.
What is "jazz"?
Lord of the British Parliament recommends that all British Dominions be made independent and equal to Great Britain.
What is the "Balfour Report"?
The place where workers of the on-to-Ottawa trek first organized and planned their protest
What are "Relief Camps" or "Vancouver"?
To send back a person to their country of origin.
What is "deport"?
The year the On-To-Ottawa trek saw relief camp workers protest conditions and ride the rails towards Ottawa.
What is 1935?
The name for Indigenous reserve lands that were seized by the Canadian government without the consent of the First Nations involved.
What are "cut-off lands"?
The Canadian government signs an international economic treaty independent of British influence.
What is the "Halibut Treaty"
This Prime Minister stated he "would not give a five-cent piece" to provincial governments for unemployment relief.
Who is "Mackenzie King"?
Making amends for the wrong one has done, often by paying money to those who have been wronged, eg. Compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state.
What are "Reparations"?
The year of largest general strike in North American History. Crushed by the government through the use of the NWMP and militia troops.
What is the 1919?
The name given to fashionable women who embodied the style of the 1920s.
Who are "Flappers"?
When did the U.S. sign a treaty with Canada to back away from high tariffs?
What is 1935?
Which province in Canada hardest hit by the Great Depression.
What is "Saskatchewan"?
Trade between countries without tariffs or government intervention
What is "Laissez Faire" or "Free Trade"?
The On-To-Ottawa trek is stopped and crushed by police force in this city.
What is "Regina"?
This alliterative group pushed for the Canadian government to recognize women as "persons" under the Canadian Constitution.
The recommendations of the Balfour Report are made official in law.
What is "1931?"
This Canadian Prime Minister introduced legislation similar to FDR's New Deal in Canada, however it was perceived as inadequate by many.
Who is RB Bennett?
Factories, offices, or other operations set up in Canada but owned or controlled by foreign companies.
What are "Branch Plants"?