Causes of Depression
Beginning of the Depression
Consequences of the Depression
Political Change
The Government's Reaction
100
October 29th, 1929
What is the date of the Stock Market Crash?
100
The party that was in power in Canada’s federal government at the beginning of the Depression
What is the Liberal Party?
100
Unemployed men jumped on trains and travelled across Canada looking for work.
What is Riding the Rods?
200
Leader of the Conservative Party who replaced William Lyon Mackenzie King
Who is R.B. Bennet
200
Men in work camps who made there way to Ottawa to complain to Prime Minister Bennet about the terrible conditions they lived in
What was the on-to-Ottawa Trek?
200
Government social assistance and public healthcare.
What were the two policies supported by the Cooperative Commonwealth Confederation?
300
To produce more than there was a realistic demand for
What is Overproduction?
300
Supported government ownership of certain businesses and industries
What is the Regina Manifesto?
300
The government wouldn't give 5 cents to any province that didn't have a liberal government
What is the 5 cent speech?
400
A cause of the Depression; the practice of using a small down payment and a big loan in the hope of making a quick profit when prices went up and then paying back the loan.
What is Buying On Margin?
400
A political party that thought the government should give the people money to spend so the economy could boost
What is the Social Credit Party?
500
The practice of putting tariffs on foreign goods in order to encourage a country’s population to buy goods that are locally made. It contributed to the Depression.
What is protectionism
500
An act which helped farmers build irrigation systems and reservoirs
What is the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration Act
500
It studied the issue of federal-provincial relations, including who was responsible for providing Canadians with economic assistance, and made recommendations about taxation, unemployment insurance, and equalization payments.
What did the Rowell-Sirois Commission do in 1937?
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