The Depression

Causes

100

On what date did the New York Stock market collapse.

October 29, 1929

200

What caused the New York Stock exchange to crash.

Investors started selling off investments which in turn lowered the overall cost of the stocks causing people to panic and sell making it even worse.

300

What year did the North American economy appear to start becoming troubled and what caused this.

In 1927 the world price of wheat began to fall.

400

What impact did Europe have on the depression.

Prior to the depression WW1 had taken place which consumed the majority of the time/money the countries had. This meant they had little when bad times came and also couldnt repay their debts to England and USA.

500

What effect did tariffs have on the depression both short term and long term.

Tariffs were used during the depression to enforce Protectionism. This was to force people to purchase local goods instead of from overseas. The short term effect was Canada began earning a little bit more money however in the long term other countries did so aswell causing reduced trade and worsening the depression.

Consequences

200

How many immigrants immigrated and were deported from Canada during the first half of the depression.

During the first half the government put a stop to immigration and deported 10,000 immigrants.

300

In Canada which demographic sufferred greatly and were targeted and why.

Jews were particularily targeted because they competed for the scarce amount of jobs there was.

Politics

200

What politician did Mackenzie King lose to in the 1930 elections.

He lost to Richard Bedford Bennett.

300

In 1932 which political party was formed and who was it aimed towards.

In 1932 the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was formed and appealed to a wide variety of canadians who were dissatisfied with the governments response to the depression.

400

In 1933 who became the Premier in BC and what did he do to fight the depression.

In 1933 Dufferin Pattullo was elected. Pattullo introduced reforms to shorten the work day. increase minimum wage, increase relief payments, launch large new public projects.

Economy

100

What percentage of people were un-employed in 1928 compared to 1933.

In 1928 there was 2.6 percent unemployment and in 1933 there was 26.6. percent unemployment.

200

What were Canada's two main exports and in what area's where they found.

Wheat was collected from the Prairie's and Newsprint was collected from BC, Ontario and Quebec.

300

How much did the Canadian wheat price drop from 1925 to 1932.

It went from 1.43$ to 0.35$

Solutions

300

What was one of the distractions people had from the depression around them.

During this time period movies, magazines and radio remained enormously popular and helped distract people.

500

What were work camps and how much did they pay.

Work camps were places where unemployed people were sent, typically in an isolated area, where they helped on projects such as creating roads, clearing land, digging drainage ditches. In return they were paid 20 cents a day and were given food and beds.