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The period of opulence and extravagance that lasted for ten years leading up to the Great Depression was known as what in Canada?
What is the Roaring Twenties.
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What did Prime Minister Mackenzie King think of the unemployment problem?
He believed it to be temporary.
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What was Prime Minister R.B. Bennett’s approach to the unemployment problem?
He created work camps for young, unemployed men, that enlisted them into dead-end jobs such as building roads and clearing land.
100
October 29th, 1929, the beginning of the Great Depression, is known as what in history?
What is Black Tuesday.
100
The 1936 Federal Election saw Mackenzie King back in office under what slogan?
King or Chaos.
200
What were two financial habits that many Canadians had in the twenties that led to their bankruptcy in the Depression?
In the ‘20s, Canadians would both buy on credit (buy now, pay later) and buy on margin (borrow money) so when the economy failed, they could not repay their loans.
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What was the government’s response to the prairie droughts and why didn’t it work?
The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act, which aimed to help farmers build irrigation systems and reservoirs. It didn’t work because by then, several prairie farmers had already moved away.
200
What were some of the factors that affected the well-being of the crops in the prairies?
A massive drought hit the prairies in 1928 and lasted eight years. Constant dust storms blew away fertile soil. A plague of grasshoppers desiccated the land and a fungus known as “rust” killed maturing grain crops.
200
What was the On-To-Ottawa Trek and where did it come to a close?
A protest to Bennett’s ineffective solutions to the Depression. Workers all across Canada, under the leadership of the Relief Camp Worker’s Union, crowded on to freight cars and marched to Ottawa. They were stopped in Regina and it resulted in a large-scale two hour riot, resulting in one death and one hundred thirty arrests.
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What were some of the products Canada depended on prior to the Depression, and why was Canada so dependent on them?
Fish, paper, minerals, and wheat. Because Canada was rich in natural resources, they were originally able to meet the global demand for these products.
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How did the U.S. economic collapse affect the economy of Canada?
When U.S. factories shut down, unemployment rose and demand for Canadian products dropped. Canadian factories shut down and the economy suffered.
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How did the public respond to Bennett’s work camps, and why?
Citizens did not like that the only relief they were offered were physically demanding, low-paying dead-end manual labour jobs. They responded with striking and protests.
500
Why did the unemployment problem also cause many lower-class citizens to lose self-respect?
In order to gain enough support to survive, poorer people had to wait in line for hours and publicly declare financial failure. They received vouchers for food and were often evicted from their homes. They often had to swear they owned nothing of value.
500
The Depression was most severe in which parts of Canada, and why?
The Prairie provinces. Not only had the collapsed wheat market left families struggling to survive, but the prairies also suffered a massive drought that lasted eight years, as well as a variety of other natural disasters.
500
What did overproduction have to do with Canada’s vulnerability to the Depression?
With the improvement of the economy, businesses started to increase production. Newsprint, cars, and clothing were stockpiled in warehouses, businesses slowed, and workers were laid off.