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Politics
Causes of Depression
Money
Workers
Bonus
100
The Conservative Party
What party did Richard Bedford Bennett represent?
100
1929
What year did the great depression start?
100
Relief payment
A payment to aid something
100
Dust storms
Farmers were effected greatly by these storms during the depression.
100
Soup Kitchen
A place where free food is served to the homeless or less fortunate.
200
Richard Bedford Bennett
What Prime Minister was in power in 1930 in Canada?
200
The stock market crash
This took place in 1929 and is considered the start of the Great Depression since many people lost a lot of money because of it.
200
Tariffs
What countries would put on imported goods.
200
Freight trains
Unemployed people would jump on _____________ to find work.
200
This land is your land
What Woody Guthrie folk song is written about the Great Depression?
500
Socialist Party
The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation was a?
500
Buying on margin
What is it called when you borrow money in order to buy more stock?
500
Tariffs made it hard for Canada to export goods.
Why did tariffs slow down Canada's economy even more?
500
Relief camps
Young unemployed men were often sent to these to 'hide' Canada's jobless problem.
500
Pogey
The slang term for relief during the Depression.