WWII
This unhappy period preceded the Second World War.
What is the Great Depression?
This fascist dictator is famously known failing an entrance exam to art school.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This decade is known for a time of entertainment with some of the first movie stars such as Charlie Chaplin.
What is The Roaring Twenties?
The Great Depression lasted for these 10 years.
What is from 1929 to 1939?
What coal mine was known as the "Largest Coal Center in the West"?
What is the Brechin Mine
This strategy was used by Chamberlain in hopes to persuade Hitler to end his invasions.
What is appeasement?
I described Hitler as having "smooth skin" after our meeting in 1937.
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie King?
October 29th, 1929 is the date of what cause of the Great Depression?
What is the Wall Street Crash of 1929 or "Black Tuesday"?
True or False: The Depression effectively ended the coal industry in Nanaimo.
True
What is 1923
Before Sudetenland was ceded by Chamberlain in hopes of appeasing Hitler, it was an area of this country.
What is Czechoslovakia?
This PM of Great Britain led from 1937 to 1940 and famously ceded the area of Sudetenland to Hitler.
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
The Second World War lasted for these 6 years.
What is 1939 - 1945?
Name as many causes of the Great Depression as you can. (Point goes to the group who names the most)
Stock market crash of 1929, Oversupply and overproduction problems, the collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, government policies, bank failures and panics, and the collapse of the money supply.
How many tonnes of coal were extracted in the peak year of Nanaimo's coal production?
1.3 million tonnes
Hitler presented a gift to Mackenzie King in a red box with a gold eagle on the cover. What gift was inside the box?
What is a portrait of Hitler?
This PM won the 1930 Canadian election over Mackenzie King
Who is R.B. Bennett?
What was the exact date when W.L. Mackenzie King met with Hitler?
What is June 29th, 1937?
in 1930, the BC Minister of Mines called Nanaimo's coal industry what?
What is "a healthy man being slowly strangled"?
What 3 industries took over after the era of coal ended in Nanaimo?
What is forestry, hydroelectricity, and fishing
Mackenzie King shared with Hitler that he was born in this town in Ontario? (Now called Kitchener)
What is Berlin, Ontario?
This leader of the Soviet Union led from 1924 to 1953.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed? (closest gets the point)
What is June 28, 1919?
True or False: By the start of WWII, the Canadian unemployment rate was above 15%.
False (over 12%)
This family owned the East Wellington mine, 650 acres, and has a lake named after them in Nanaimo.
Who is the Westwood family