He served as the 11th Prime Minister of Canada from 7 August 1930 to 23 October 1935, during the worst of the Great Depression years.
Bennett R.B
100
A Program developed by the government, where vouchers were given to those who qualified.
Pogey
100
During the great depression men were illegally travelling on trains by hanging onto roofs, under the rails or in empty cars.
Riding the rods
100
Money taken in by the government through taxes and custom duties.
Revenue
100
October 29th, 1929
Black Tuesday The stock exchange crash
200
Canada's Prime Minister from 1921-1930 and 1935-1948, Did not help with the unemployed problem.
William Lyon Mackenzie King
200
PM Bennett set up a type of camp for single men without jobs, they did public work projects
unemployment relief camps
200
Many camps closed in 1937 and thousands of hungry unemployed men landed in Vancouver, people began to get angry from this
Vancouver Protest
200
The money used in a country, based on productivity of a country, size of debt, interests rates and compared to other countries.
Currency
200
Bennett promised more progressive taxation, unemployment insurance, health insurance, closer regulation of working conditions and social reforms.
New Deal
300
Leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
JS Woodsworth
300
"let do " no interference by the government in the economy
Laissez faire
300
Formed in West 1932 was a Social-democratic and socialist political party in Canada.
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
300
Duties and money collected on goods coming into the country, from foreign countries.
Tariffs
300
The event where the On To Ottawa Trek was stopped by the RCMP and a riot broke out.
Regina Riot
400
Also known as “The Boss” was the Premier of Quebec for 18 years. The years from 1936-1939 and then 1944-1959.
Maurice Duplessis
400
Countries that have a capitalist economic system where individual producers and consumers decide on type of goods prices etc.
Market economy
400
1935 in Alberta party said that government should release money in to the economy and not let banks hoard money. The party that said this was
Social Credit Party
400
Economic system in which private individuals and business firms carry on production and exchange of goods and services.
Capitalism
400
June 1935- thousands of unhappy relief camp workers boarded trains in Vancouver to head to Ottawa to ask for “work with wages”
On to Ottawa Trek
500
British economist who believed in deficit financing. That governments should spend money to get out of the depression to borrow spend on Employment projects.
John Meynard Keynes
500
When the government borrows money to fund programs even when they are in debt
Deficit Financing
500
Provincial relations recommended that the federal government control taxation, unemployment insurance and social benifits
The Rowell Sirois Commission 1937
500
Poorer provinces were given grant so every province is equal, wealthier provinces do not want to give their tax to other less fortunate provinces.
Equalization Payments
500
was delivered by Mackenzie King in February of 1930. The speech was given in Canada and meant for the people of Canada. Unfortunately,this speech was the reason Mackenzie King lost the election.