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Slang/Terms
Events
People
Achievements
Miscellaneous
100
Flapper
What is the term used to refer to the new, liberated women of the 1920's?
100
Black Tuesday
The day the stock market crashed in Canada.
100
Henry Ford
He created the first assembly line and the Model T car.
100
Jazz
New type of music that was created in the 20's and 30's
100
Riding the rails
When the transients (homeless people) rode on the top of trains going from town to town, looking for work.
200
Drugstore Cowboy
What is the name given to young men who hung around trying to pick up girls.
200
Persons' Case
When the Famous Five petitioned the Supreme Court of Britain for the right to be called "persons".
200
Mary Pickford
She was a Toronto actress and became famous as America's sweetheart.
200
Group of Seven
Group of artists who painted unique Canadian landscapes.
200
Better wages, better hours, and the right to form unions.
The reasons why the workers in Winnipeg went on strike.
300
Tin Lizzie
What was the nickname given to the Model T Car?
300
Bloody Saturday
When the RCMP attacked the protesters in the Winnipeg General Strike.
300
Frederick Banting
He invented insulin, allowing diabetics to live longer lives.
300
Ted Rogers
He invented the first radio that could run by being plugged into an electrical socket.
300
Bootleg
The name given to illegal alcohol.
400
Speakeasy
What is the name used to refer to illegal bars?
400
On to Ottawa Trek
When the angry relief camp workers jumped on top of trains and headed to Ottawa to confront the Prime Minister about the poor conditions in the camps.
400
R.B.Bennett
He was the Prime Minister from 1930 - 1935. He created the relief camps.
400
Talkies
These were the first films with sound, which came out in the 1930's.
400
Drought, dust storms, and grasshopper infestations.
Things that caused little food to be grown in the prairies during the depression.
500
Bennett Buggies
What did people call their cars when they pulled out the motors and used horses instead of gas?
500
Treaty of Westminster
Treaty between Canada and Britain, making Canada a completely independent country.
500
Lucy Maud Montgomery
She wrote the Anne of Green Gables series.
500
Bluenose
Canada's greatest sailboat, which won many races.
500
Eliot Ness
The manwho arrested Al Capone for tax evasion.