The Dirty Thirties
More than half of the people in Newfoundland had no work. There were few ______ and large _______ when they were advertised.
jobs, line ups
During the Great Depression, city governments gave poor families relief help. They gave out coupons that could be used for ____, ______ and _____.
1. rent
2. fuel
3. food
For one day of work, one man made between _____ and _____ for a full days work.
10 and 25 cents.
radios and refrigerators
A nickname given to the Prairies during the Great Depression
The Dust Bowl
Who were the soup kitchens run by?
Churches, charities and the city government
letters
Life changed a lot between the years of ____ and ___.
1920's and 1960's
WW2 followed the Great Depression. It started in ______.
1939
What did people hitch their cars to when there was no money or fuel for car repairs?
Horses
What were the three things that no one on relief was allowed to have?
1. Telephone
2. Radios
3. Cars
Thousands of men were riding freight trains between Vancouver and Halifax look for work. This was an activity known as
Riding the Rails
During the Great Depression, some prairie famers were encouraged to move north to the edge of the Canadian Shield on the same land as which two groups of people?
Metis and First Nations
Young people were given a new name called -_________. They listened to rock n roll a new version on music on a waterproof record called _____. Families also moved to areas of housing on the outlying part of a city or town called _____.
teenagers, vinyl, suburbs
What are some things that people could not afford during the 1930's?
food and housing
During the war factories made these three things.
planes, tanks and weapons
An organization that would help the homeless by raising money?
The Ladybug Foundation
Life after WW2 was different because there was less of a ________ to survive.
struggle
1. No rain/drought
2. Above normal temperature/Hotter than normal
3. Strong hot winds blew soil around/erosion
4. weather caused crops and animals to die
5. grasshoppers
What are the three things that "relief money" could not be used to buy?
1. streetcars
2. tickets
3. newspapers
4. cleaning supplies
5. toothbrushes
During the Great Depression, people had to use their _____ to survive. Instead of sleds, children used ______ to go down hills.
creativity, cardboard
In the Survivor Stories, the first child didn't go to to school because they did not have _______. To fix them, children would user inner tube and ________ _______.
shoes, binder twine.
Tell me three things about the first TV
1. it was black and white
2. there was only one channel
3. the picture was fuzzy