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The year the stock markets crashed.
1929
100
What was "Riding the Rods?"
Jumping trains to travel to find work.
100
Who was the Prime Minister during the Great Depression in Canada?
R.B. Bennett
100
What is the most well known riot during the Great Depression in Canada?
The Regina Riot
100
What was unemployment welfare called?
Pogey
300
One of the most popular theories of the Great Depression
Buying on margin
300
What did the On to Ottawa Trek result in?
The Regina Riot
300
Who lead the Union Nationale?
Maurice Duplessis
300
What organizations were attacked by the Canadian Federal government?
Worker unions
300
What was implemented for the first time in Canada for the hungry?
Soup kitchens
500
Why did buying on credit become a problem?
People lost their jobs and couldn't make payments
500
What percentage of Canadians were unemployed by 1933?
25%
500
Who wouldn't "give a five cent piece"?
Mackenzie King
500
What political party was supported by low income Canadians?
The Socialist Party
500
What "solution" caused the On to Ottawa trek?
Work camps