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In the 1920's there was an increase on stockpiles on goods such as newsprint, radios, and cars than there was a realistic demand for. Because of this, many businesses slowed and laid off workers.
What is overproduction?
100
In 1933 1/4 of Canadians workforce was unemployed. The men would travel across the country "hopping" freight trains, some even riding on the roof or clung to the rods underneath the train.
What is "Riding the Rods"?
100
Mackenzie King while still Prime Minister during the Depression gave a speech to the people of Canada stating that the Canadian government should not give out unemployment benefits to provincial governments in Canada with Conservative Leadership.
What is Five Cent Speech?
100
Woodsworth urged a program to spend money to create employment.
What is public works?
100
A tragic loss of someone close to you that died by their own hand which happened more often during the great depression in Canada.
What is suicide?
200
Canadians who bought stocks with a small down payment and a big loan.
What is buying on margin?
200
The federal government created jobs for unemployed single men during the great depression. These camps were isolated in deep woods, the food was terrible, and the beds were often bug infested.
What is Work Camps?
200
R.B Bennett's plan that was similar to the U.S plan was to promise more progressive taxation, unemployment insurance, health insurance, and closer regulation of working conditions and social reforms.
What is the New Deal?
200
A democratic socialist party that that was founded in 1932 by farmers, workers, and socialist groups.
What is Cooperative Commonwealth Federation?
200
The semi-arid area in Saskatchewan and southern Alberta was hit by constant dust storms and the topsoil blew away.
What is Palliser's Triangle?
300
During the boom years of 1920's "buy now, pay later" was the motto.
What is credit?
300
In 1935 over a thousand men left the camps in the interior of British Columbia to protest against camp conditions.
What is "On to Ottawa" Trek?
300
A meal voucher that was given to the applicants that met the requirements that they owned and received nothing, but was never enough to pay for full expenses.
What is food vouchers?
300
A platform that supports government ownership of certain businesses and industries and social programs to assist people in need: the elderly, the unemployed, the homeless, the sick, and other citizens unable to support themselves.
What is Regina Manifesto?
300
Suffering or death caused by hunger.
What is Starvation?
400
In October 1929, stock exchanges of North America were in ruin.
What is The Great Crash?
400
Protesters who reached Regina from the On to Ottawa Trek were confined in a stadium and only the leaders of the protest were aloud to keep going, but when the Regina RCMP were ordered to clear the trekkers from the stadium the trekkers resisted and many people were injured, one protester killed, one RCMP killed, and 130 men arrested.
What is Regina Riot?
400
A wide variety of farmers, laborers, socialists, intellectuals, and discontented Liberals looked toward a social programs such as income assistance and publicly funded health care.
What is Cooperative Commonwealth Federation?
400
In the 1930's there was a clear winner in federal elections and the runner up was the CCF.
What is New Democratic Party?
400
Many children were dying and the rate for children under 5 to die was increasing.
What is Child Mortality Rate?
500
Something borrowed, especially a sum of money.
What is Loans?
500
Apart of the "New Deal" R.B Bennett decided to put $20 million toward programs but the economy didn't improve.
What is work-creation programs?
500
In 1935 the federal government passed the act that helped farmers rebuild irrigation systems and reservoirs.
What is Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration Act?
500
A promise by the social credit party to give the citizens of Canada $25 a month to buy basic necessities.
What is basic dividend?
500
A disorder of structure or function of a human, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms.
What is Diseases?