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100
Prohibition was the banning of the sale, production and/or distribution of this product
What is alcohol?
100
These types of words problems were popular during the 1920s
What are crossword puzzles?
100
A strike in this city in 1919 put a temporary stop to leftist movements in Canada.
What is Winnipeg?
100
He won Olympic gold in 1928 for Canada in the 100m and 200m races.
Who was Percy Williams?
200
This women's movement was in favour of prohibition.
What is the Women's temperance movement?
200
This fight led to a redefining of the role of the Governor General of Canada
What is the King Byng Crisis
200
He was a Canadian scientist and chief discoverer of insulin.
Who was Fredrick Banting?
200
This type of automobile became very popular by the start of the 1920s
What is the model T?
300
These people smuggled alcohol across the border
What are rum runners?
300
This was the most popular new form of home entertainment in the 1920s.
What is the radio?
300
This was a report that outlined how Canada should be treated by England
What is the Balfour Report
300
This illness killed almost as many people as World War I
What is the Spanish flu?
400
These establishments let people drink illegally
What are speakeasies?
400
This wild style of female attire was popular among a select few in the 1920s
What is flappers?
400
He was Prime Minister of Canada for most of the 1920s
Who is William Llyon Mackenzie King?
400
He was Canada's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century.
Who was Lionel Conacher?
400
Both Quebec and Ontario saw a growth in the development of this type of electricity during the 1920s
What is hydroelectricity?
500
This level of government is primarily responsible for the ending of prohibition.
What is provincial?
500
These former war pilots would travel town to town performing tricks.
What is barnstormers?
500
This was the first treaty signed by Canada on their own behalf.
What is the halibut treaty?
500
She was a judge in Canada who challenged for women to be considered persons under the law
Who was Emily Murphy?
500
Over 9,000 of these businesses were popular social events in Canada during the 1920s.
What are movie houses?