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1919
What is the creation of the Health Department?
Making alcohol illegal.
What is prohibition?
Get rich quick.
What was too much credit buying in stocks?
Bad but not too bad.
What are the Maritimes?
An invention during the 1920's.
What are radios, automobiles, RCAF, etc.?
October 29, 1929
What is Black Tuesday or the day the stock market crashed.
What were Talkies?
Too much too soon.
What is over production and over expansion?
Fish exports declined which was difficult for those who depended on it.
What was the Maritimes?
Becomes a big influence on Canadian culture.
Who are the Americans?
5 cents
Crossword puzzles become so popular, these were flying off the shelves.
What are dictionaries?
Buy now. Pay later.
What was too much credit buying?
Too much but no one can buy.
What was Western Canada?
Canada's largest industry behind agriculture in the 1920's?
What is newsprint?
1/3
What is the percentage of Canadians that were out of work by 1933?
Canadian didn't have this to help during this time.
What is employment insurance, family allowance, medicare, etc.?
65 % of our imports
What was Canada's dependence on the United States?
The economy collapsed.
What was Newfoundland?
It cause Labour unrest after the war.
What was factories closing, women leaving the workforce, lack of help financially, etc.?
20 million
What was the amount that Bennett promised to give each province during the Depression?
Game from Asia that became very popular during the 1920's.
What is Mahjong?
This was put in place to choke off international trade.
What were high tariffs?
If your business worked only in Canada, you probably survived.
What is Central Canada?
Prime Minister in 1935.
Who was Bennett and King?