Causes
The Immediate Cause of the Great Depression
What is the Stock Market Crash
The stock exchange in this major Canadian city saw a sharp decline
What is Toronto Stock Exchange?
This Prime Minister thought it would pass and did not think the government should intervene too much.
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie King?
The Trek made it to this city where it was stopped and a riot broke out
On top of the drought, there was also a plague of these insects in rural areas.
What are locusts/grasshoppers?
The Stock Market Crashed in this month and year
What is October 1929?
This amount was lost on Black Thursday
What is $14 Billion?
This Prime Minister backed the new deal and relief programs. (And Hobo villages and horse-drawn buggies)
The Trek began when 1500 men from BC decided to this
What is go on STRIKE?
One of the ways that people tried to exterminate the locusts
An underlying cause for Canada was their dependence on exports to here
What is the USA?
There was a sharp drop in this crop which severely impacted farmers
What is Wheat?
These were built to ease the tension and provide some jobs for the unemployed
What is Relief Camps?
On top of working conditions and pay, the Trekkers were also fighting for their right to do this
What is vote?
This Prime Minister liked to have seances and talk to his ghost mom
Another cause was that people were buying stocks with these from the government
What are loans?
Buying on Credit
Unemployment levels reached this percentage
What is 25%?
Workers were paid this much a day at relief camps.
What is 20 cents?
The On-to-Ottawa Trek began in this year and month
What is April 1935?
Several people in Saskatchewan died of this illness which is common among pirates
What is scurvy?
The value of stocks was increasing because so many people bought them, but their actual value was not increasing, which is called this
What is speculative trading?
This was created in 1934 in an effort to stabilize the monetary policy
What is the Bank of Canada?
Features of the New Deal included an 8 hour work day, minimum wage and this insurance
Employment / Unemployment
The political fallout / consequence from the Trek was this
What is Bennett's reputation is damaged and lost the next election
This dish made by placing a small rodent in a jar of brine became popular during the depression as people were desperate for food
What is Pickled Gopher?