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Early 1900s
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100
A new manufacturing method in which a product is broken down into small, individual tasks.
What is the assembly line?
100
This was the first battle Canadian led themselves and is noted for its success, though at great cost.
What is Vimy Ridge?
100
These women cut their hair into bobs, among other things.
Who were flappers?
100
Who was Prime Minister during the depression?
Who is R.B. Bennett?
100
This was the 2nd country Germany annexed.
What is Czechoslovakia?
200
The number of acres offered in Western Canada to new immigrants
What is 160?
200
This rifle was manufactured in Canada but was easily jammed in the difficult conditions on the front.
What is the Ross rifle?
200
This invention allowed for information such as news, sporting events and other entertainment to be disseminated into homes across Canada.
What is the radio?
200
The great drought lasted approximately this long.
What is 10 years?
200
In which country did American and Canadian troops train before being deployed?
What is Great Britain?
300
The fee Chinese immigrants were forced to pay to immigrate to British Canada, which was later decreed unlawful.
What is the Chinese Head Tax?
300
The greatest number of casualties was inflicted upon this nation.
What is Russia?
300
American car companies opened up manufacturing plants primarily in Detroit and this Canadian province.
What is Ontario?
300
This conflict was between disgruntled labourers and the NWMP on their way to Ottawa.
What is the Regina Riots?
300
How long after Britain did Canada declare war?
What is one week later?
400
The family who owned a large department store chain and whose catalogs were distributed all over Canada, linking rural areas to goods from the city.
Who are the Eaton family?
400
Denied at first, these people were eventually deployed as highly effective snipers and trackers.
Who are Native Americans?
400
This dance took the West by storm and was widely improvised.
What is the Charleston?
400
Volunteers from Canada illegally made their way to this country to fight against Fascists.
What is Spain?
400
Near this group of islands did America won its first major naval victory against Japan?
What is the Midway Islands?
500
This volunteer cavalry was composed of cowboys, policemen, hunters, farmers and others and fought valiantly in the Boer War.
Who were the Strathcona horse?
500
What new weapon was first deployed against Canadians at Verdun?
What is chlorine gas?
500
Partly because they did not experience the prosperity of the 20s, Native Americans formed this advocacy group.
What is the League of Indians?
500
This is when investors buy future stocks, based on projected value of companies.
What is speculation?
500
Who was the German general who consistantly defeated the British in North Africa?
Who is Rommel?