Occurs when businesses don't respond appropriately to a recession leading to large inventories of unsold merchandise.
What is overproduction?
100
Prime Minister of Canada during the worst years of the Depression; could be the most hated politician in Canadian history.
Who is R. B. Bennett?
100
Made it illegal to sell alcoholic beverages in the United States.
What is Prohibition
100
Canadian jockey who finally rode Seabiscuit to victory in the Santa Anita Handicap after twice failing to win.
Who is Red Pollard?
100
First female senator; the "Mother of Lost Causes".
Who is Cairine Wilson?
200
Canada's largest trading partner; "When _________ sneezed, Canada and the rest of the world got pneumonia."
What is the United States?
200
Leader of the Communist Party of Canada; persecuted by police and almost assassinated while incarcerated in the Kingston Penitentiary.
Who is Tim Buck?
200
Part of the business cycle that existed during the good times of the "Roaring Twenties".
What is prosperity?
200
Type of capitalism that promoted limited government intervention/regulation of the economy; free enterprise is the way to prosperity.
What is laissez faire capitalism?
200
Parlby, McClung, Murphy, Muir-Edwards, and McKinney.
What is the "Famous Five" or "Alberta Five" or Persons Case?
300
R.B. Bennett used this economic tool to protect domestic industries by making foreign imports more expensive; had disastrous results on the world economy.
What is protective tariffs?
300
Eccentric Canadian prime minister who gave the infamous "Five Cent Speech" which caused him to lose the election to R. B. Bennett.
Who is Mackenzie King?
300
Government run schools designed to forcefully assimilate Aboriginal children into white culture. Places where physical, verbal, and emotional abuse occurred.
What is residential schools?
300
Radio evangelist who promoted the economic policy known as social credit in the province of Alberta.
Who is William "Bible Bill" Aberhart?
300
Anti-war pacifist and women's rights activist who had many confrontations with Premier Roblin; son Jack volunteered to serve in the Great War.
Who is Nellie McClung?
400
Borrowing money from a stock broker to buy stocks and "get rich quick."
What is buying on margin?
400
World War One veteran who organized and run Bennett's hated Unemployment Relief Camps.
Who is Andrew McNaughton?
400
New farm machine that made wheat production more efficient by combining reaping and thrashing processes together.
What is the combine?
400
American president who promised a "New Deal" for struggling Americans by creating massive public works projects.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)?
400
First female elected to Parliament.
Who is Agnes MacPhail?
500
Financial tool invented during the prosperous 1920's to inflate purchasing power; "buy now, pay later."
What is credit?
500
Founder and leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation; socialist pacifist who was called the "Conscience of Canada."
Who is J. S. Woodsworth?
500
Known as the "Gateway to Canada" for immigrants arriving in Halifax.
What is Pier 21?
500
French Canadian nationalist and leader of the Union Nationale who swore he would protect French language, religion, and culture.