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The start of the Depression
The start of the Depression
Responding to the Depression
Responding to the Depression
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No
Did the stock market crash start the Depression? Yes or No?
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Deep in the woods
Where were Work Camps usually located?
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No only single men
Were men and woman allowed to work at Work Camps?Yes or No?
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The collapse of the stock market
What big event happened at the beginning of the Depression?
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is when the government made payments to people who had no source of income during the depression.
What was POGEY?
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Building roads Clearing land Digging drains
List 3 jobs that people who worked at Work Camps did
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They made 20 cents per day
How much money did men make at Work Camps per day?
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It made products more expensive and harder to sell to other countries, which cause the economy to slow down even more
why was placing TARIFFS on imported goods a bad idea?
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Drought Dust storm Plague of grasshoppers
List three events that happened to the Prairie farmers during the Depression.
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Five cent speech
What was the famous speech that Mackenzie King gave called? Five cent speech Nickel speech Five coin speech Five dollar speech
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1935
What year did the "On to Ottawa" Trek take place?
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Serious droughts
What happened in the years of 1929,1931,and 1933-1937 to make Canadian farmers go bankrupt?
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25%
What percent of Canadians were unemployed in 1933?
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They were protesting against the Work Camp conditions
What were the thousands of men protesting against ''On to Ottawa" Trek?
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Businesses made too much production when there was no demand for it. The goods sat in warehouses unsold. As a result many workers got layed off because the business production slowed down. Since the workers got laid off they had very little money to buy goods which made the economy go further down the drain.
What did overproduction do to make the Great Depression worse? Please explain.
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Income assistance Publicy funded health care
The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) supported social programs such as...List 2