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Post War
Problems
Prohibition
Potpourri
Important People
Improving Economy
100
what happened to many factory jobs after the war
Eliminated
100
the illegal production and sale of alcohol was called
Bootlegging, Rumrunning
100
A work stoppage created by management
Lockout
100
famous American gangster nicknamed scarface
Al Capone
100
With automobiles becoming popular, what new commodity became important to Canada’s economy
Oil
200
what city held a general strike to combat poor working conditions
Winnipeg
200
where was most of the illegal booze made in Canada sent
USA
200
young women who dressed outrageously with short bobbed hair
Flappers
200
Liberal Prime Minister for most of the 1920's
Mackenzie King
200
Where did many Canadians invest their money in the 1920's
Stock Market
300
what is one thing strikers wanted
Better wages, shorter hours, safer conditions
300
name of an illegal bar
Speakeasy (Blind Pig)
300
popular form of music especially among the young
Jazz
300
A minister, one of the leaders of the winnipeg strike, later leader of the Canadian Commonwealth Federation(CCF)
J.S. Woodsworth
300
How did the oil boom affect the Maritimes
Decreased demand for coal
400
what was the government afraid the strikers were really trying to do
Start a revolution
400
who was known as the king of the Rumrunners
Ben Kerr
400
Name for the new type of films with sound
Talkies
400
Conservative Prime Minister who took over for Robert Borden
Arthur Meighan
400
American system of building sister plants in Canada
Branch Plant
500
what was ‘one big union supposed to do
Unite all workers
500
most notorious of the Canadian mobsters selling illegal booze
Rocco Peri
500
Who was responsible for the St. Valentines Day Massacre?
Al Capone
500
fought to become first female Senator
Emily Murphy
500
By 1930's, the largest investor in Canada was
USA