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The Prairies
The Recovery of the Depression
The Five Cent Speech
The Riot of Regina
The stock Market Crash
100
The___ of the prairies started in 1928 and lasted for nearly ten years, destroying most crops and soil, making it unusable.
What is Drought
100
What country helped Canada get out of the depression?
What is USA
100
Who made the Five cent speech?
What is Prime Minister Mackenzie King
100
what year did the riot occur?
What is 1935
100
the other name for the stock market crash
What is Black Tuesday
200
The price of this fell drastically, making farmers fall into the depression.
What is Wheat
200
What was the major boost that got Canada out of the depression?
What is World War II
200
What year was the speech givin?
What is the year 1930
200
what was the other major event that lead up to the riot?
What is On to Ottawa trek
200
on this year the stock market crashed
What is 1929
300
A bad infesation of this bug stalled trains and buses, clogged car radiators and almost choked a dental patient to death while he had his mouth open.
What is Grasshoppers
300
Both of these corporations were seen as positive moves by the Canadian government to help get the economy back on track. 1937 was an important year in the recovery from the Great Depression.
What is Crown-in-Council and Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC)
300
the provincial party in power at the time when the speech was given
What is Liberals
300
There was no unemployment insurance, no medical coverage, no old age pension. what was this time period called? (Hint: 1930-1935)
What is The Dirty Thirties
300
this was the decade before the depression, it was a time for riches and fame.
What is the Roaring Twenties.
400
what federation formed in the West in 1932 which supported social programs such as income assistance, and publicly funded health care to help those in need. It appealed to a wide variety of Canadians including farmers, labourers, socialists, intellectuals and discontented Liberals. Its leader was J. S. Woodsworth.
What is the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation(CCF)
400
What year did the Bank of Canada get nationalized?
What is 1937
400
this was the famous line that the author said durning the speech.
What is "i won't give them a five-cent piece"
400
this chemical agent was used to spart the crowd in the riot.
What is Teargas
400
what were people selling at an alarming rate because a sunden panic.
What are Stocks
500
Who vowed to crush Communism in Canada with an "iron heel of ruthlessness."
What is Prime Minister R. B. Bennett.
500
this object was concidered the poor citizens escape from the depression.
What is the Radio
500
this man took over after Mackenzie King lost power due to not caring about the people.
Whot is R.B. Bennett, leader of the Conservatives
500
True or False? someone died at the regina riot.
What is True
500
what was the sum of money lost on "Black Tuesday"?
What is 14 Billion dollars