Took place on November 9, 1938 when mobs attacked Jewish storefronts.
What is "Crystal Night" (aka: Kristallnacht).
100
Promised voters a "Little New Deal".
Who was Premier Dufferin Pattullo?
100
Hitler and Stalin promised not to attack one another and signed this.
What is the "non-aggression pact"?
100
Votes on a public issue.
What are "plebiscites"?
100
The Englishman and conservationist who took on the identity of a Canadian Aboriginal "Apache" naturalist.
Who was Grey Owl (aka: Archie Belaney)?
200
The British Empire became the British Commonwealth and gave their dominions autonomy and allowed them to make and amend their own laws.
What is the "Statute of Westminster"?
200
After being shot down by the Supreme Court of Canada, these women took their fight for women's rights to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain.
Who are the "Famous Five"?
200
The name of the fascist Spanish Leader who sought support from Hitler and Mussolini and the name of his political party.
* You need to answer both correctly in order to get 200 points.
Who is Francisco Franco and the Falange.
200
Allows union leaders and representatives to negotiate with employers on behalf of union members.
What is "collective bargaining"?
200
One of the major causes of the Depression.
What is "buying on margin"?
300
Young men who traveled across the country by freight trains did this.
What is "riding the rods".
300
Formed the Union Nationale Party in Quebec. Was a former Conservative.
Who is Maurice Duplessis?
300
This question is a 2-parter. You have to answer BOTH correctly in order to get 300 points:
1) Prejudice, hatred of, or discrimination against Jews.
2) Laws targeting Jewish people from 1933-1939.
1. What is "anti-semitism"?
2. What are "Nuremburg Laws"?
300
A secret place that sold forbidden alcohol.
What is a "speakeasy"?
300
Union leaders from western Canada formed this in 1919 at the Western Labour Conference.
What is "One Big Union"?
400
Countries that were uninterested in involving themselves in affairs outside their borders.
What is "isolationist"?
400
He promised the people of Alberta a "basic dividend" of $25/month to buy necessities.
Who was William Aberhart (aka: Bible Bill) of the Social Credit Party?
400
Business leaders, politicians and industrialists that did not sympathize with striking workers.
What is the "Citizens' Committee of One Thousand".
400
To pacify, soothe, or satisfy. Exercised by other countries towards Germany's aggressions.
What is "appeasement"?
400
Pilots who flew geologists and prospectors into remote areas to explore mining opportunities and helped make the rugged coast of BC more accessible.
Who are "bush pilots"?
500
Canadian immigration director, Fred Blair, said about Jewish people: "None was too many". He turned away this ship filled with Jewish refugees who later ended up in concentration camps.
What is the St. Louis?
500
The first female MP and the only female in the House of Commons until 1935.
Who is Agnes Macphail?
500
This organization was one of the most important in bringing about prohibition in the 1920s.
What is the "Womans's Christian Temperance Union"?
500
Also known as Ethiopia in the 1930s.
What is "Abyssinia"?
500
Performed at births, deaths, marriages, and other significant events. Was banned by the federal government in 1884 and enforced after WWI.