1919
The most controversial piece of the Versallie Treaty, which put the blame of the war completely on Germany
What is the War Guilt Clause?
This car was the first to be mass produced, suddenly making car ownership possible for millions.
What is the model-T?
The name given to the demographic group would became adults during WW1
What is the Lost Generation?
These areas of poor farmland were "given" by the government to Indigenous peoples, but were often only a tiny fraction of the traditional land that had been taken
What are Reserves?
This term, meaing to cheat someone or stab them in the back, is still used today and refers to a symbol of Christianity, twice.
What is double-cross?
This flu killed an estimated 50,000 Canadians, and was blamed on a neutral country as the origin point
What is the Spanish Flu?
This device, invented in the early 1920s, changed advertisment by introducing commercial breaks
What is the radio?
This name was given to the "new woman" of the 20s, who cut her hair short and wore knee-length dresses. She drank and smoked, and horrified the older generations.
What is a Flapper?
Residential Schools were built around this policy, whereby Indigenous children would learn to speak English and dress in more European styles. Summarised as "killing the Indian in the child"
What is the policy of Assimilation?
This was the name of an illegal drinking establishment
What is a speakeasy?
The One Big Union was formed in this city
What is Winnipeg?
The revolutionary system in factories meant that rather than one worker building an entire car themselves, dozens of workers would build a car step-by-step, doing one simple task on repeat.
What is the assembly line?
The 18th Ammendment in the United States, which banned the sale of alcoholic beverages, was also referred to by this slang term
What is Prohibition?
This was the legal requirment of approval by an Indian Agent to leave or return to a reserve.
What is the Pass System?
The 20s code word for alcohol
What is Hooch or Giggle Water?
During strikes, these individuals would be hired to use violence against the strikers
What is a strikebreaker?
Due to racism and its associations with party and alcohol, Jazz music was given this label by its Christian opponents
What is the devil's music?
Banning alcohol was focused on improving health, eliminating alcoholism, and ending what specific criminal act that occured most often at home and away from the vision of the police?
What is domestic abuse?
Frederik Ogilvie Loft created this organization to raise the concerns of Indigenous peoples from across Canada
The League of Indians
This was a term meaning that someone was drunk
What is ossified or spifficated?
Even though the One Big Union was not successful, it inspired others to continuing fighting until this publicly funded service became a reality in Canada.
What is Health Care?
This woman, the first judge in the British Empire, was denied the opportunity to be appointed to the Canadian senate because she was not considered a legal "person"
Who is Emily Murphy?
A philosophical idea that caught on after WW1 which essentially rejected that any kind of meaning existed in life.
What is nihilism?
This military role often assigned to Indigenous soldiers in the Canadian military, which was believed to fit the skillset of Indigenous hunters.
What is a sniper?
If someone was tough, this term, which originates with a way of cooking eggs, could be applied.
What is hard-boiled?