Prohibition
What is making it illegal to buy, sell, make, or consume alcohol
Prohibition
Bold young women of the 1920s who rebelled against social norms by wearing short dresses, bobbing their hair, and dancing
Flapper
The Toronto doctor who, along with Charles Best, J. Macleod, and J.B. Collip, successfully produced insulin to treat diabetes?
Frederick Banting
The financial concept represented by the popular 1920s purchasing slogan "Buy now, pay later!
Credit Card
The Prime Minister of Canada throughout most of the 1920s, known for his compromising leadership style
William Lyon Mackenzie King
This organization, led mainly by women, spearheaded the reform movement for Prohibition
What is the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
The nickname "Flapper" originated from these footwear items left unfastened to make a flapping sound
Galoshes
This manufacturing innovation implemented by Henry Ford allowed Model T cars to be mass-produced cheaply and quickly?
Assembly Line
The rapid increase in the price of goods that hit Canada in 1919 while wages remained low
Inflation
The wildly popular dance of the 1920s that was heavily frowned upon by traditional, older generations
Charleston
This term refers to an illegal bar that looked like a normal business (such as a funeral home) on the outside, but featured jazz music, dancing, and alcohol on the inside
speakeasy
In 1925, women gained the right to divorce their husbands under this specific legal condition
Husbands Committed Adultery
Former WWI flying aces who flew small aircraft into remote northern Canadian areas delivering mail, prospectors, and supplies where no roads existed
Bush Pilots
What are two major Canadian natural resource industries that boomed during the 1920s to supply international demand, particularly from the U.S
Mining, Hydro, Pulp/Paper, Wheat Farming
What year did Women officially get the right to vote?
1918
Two severe physical consequences caused by drinking illegally made, distilled homemade alcohol
blindness, death, gut rot
The famous 1929 legal decision that reversed the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling and officially declared women to be legal "persons" under the law
The Persons Case
Name 4 Tehnological Innovations from the 1920's
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What happened on October 29, 1929
Black Tuesday: Stock Market Crash
Because distributing information on this health topic was illegal in the 1920s, offenders faced up to two years in prison
Birth Control
This term describes a smuggler who illegally transported alcohol across borders, such as shipping whiskey and beer from Canada to the United States
Rumrunner
Name 3 women from the Famous Five
Agnes Macphail, Emily Murphy, Irene Parlby, Nellie Mcclung, Henrietta Edwards
Famous Canadian broadcaster who hosted the first widely broadcasted episodes of Hockey Night in Canada on the radio
Foster Hewitt
Define Consumerism
a social and economic system that encourages people to buy and use goods and services in ever-increasing amounts
The Canadian province that famously refused to adopt Prohibition laws
Quebec