Winnipeg General Strike
A common complaint from both sides of the conflict regarding the General Strike.
What is the lack of jobs?
People gathered around this new household item to listen to comedy shows, sports, and popular music.
What is the radio?
Event that ended the "Roaring Twenties."
What is the Stock Market Crash?
This Canadian medical breakthrough, discovered by Frederick Banting and Charles Best, saved millions of lives.
What is insulin?
The fight for the right to vote.
What is suffrage?
Many Canadian soldiers distrusted and opposed this political ideology after returning from WWI, believing they had just fought to defend democracy and freedom.
What is communism?
This new form of power began to light up homes and factories, allowing people to work and play later into the evening.
What is electricity?
The practice of getting something cheap because the majority of the cost is eaten by a loan.
What is buying on margin?
This popular new entertainment industry drew crowds to watch silent films before “talkies” appeared near the end of the decade.
What is the movie industry?
A piece of legislation that restricted the immigration of a certain group of people in Canada.
What is the Chinese Immigration Act 1923?
The name given to suspected communists.
What is a Bolshevik?
This mass production system, introduced by Henry Ford, made goods cheaper and faster to produce.
What is the assembly line?
A theory that describes a pattern where less jobs->less profit->less buying power->decreased demand->lower production->less sales->less jobs and so on.
What is the bust cycle?
Lively new social dances, like the Charleston, were accepted into mainstream culture from this community.
Who are the Black community? / What is Black culture?
The age of the youngest child in the Mohawk Institution's records.
3 years old.
This violent day at the end of the strike involved the death of two protesters and dozens of injuries.
What is Bloody Saturday?
The refrigerator replaced this kitchen staple.
What is an ice box?
A theory that describes a super healthy economy.
What is the boom cycle?
Shorter skirts, bobbed hair, and a more independent attitude defined this type of modern 1920s woman.
What is a flapper girl?
This was the goal of the 1920 Indian Act Amendment.
What is mandatory attendance at residential schools for Indigenous children?
These two groups—representing government and employers—were strongly opposed to the strike.
Who are the Citizens’ Committee and the federal government?
It was surprising that these products were being bought, because the person who controlled the money wasn't the targeted user.
What are household appliances?
The name given to the concept that one new industry/job can create a multitude of jobs because of new spending practices.
What is the Multiplier Effect?
This painter met their untimely end before the Group of Seven's first exhibition.
Who is Tom Thomson?
The Persons Case was the accomplishment of this group.
Who are the Famous Five?