Winnipeg General Strike
What did the workers come together to form? (hint: they would pick a representative to speak on their behalf)
Union
Name one way the government tried to assimilate Indigenous Canadians at this time.
Residential schools, cultural bans, no representation after Frederick Loft dies, unfair land and resource claims
True or false: They refer to the 1920’s as the ‘roaring 20’s’ or the ‘golden age’ due to economic prosperity and rises in popular entertainment such as film, music, tv, and dance
True
What was a 'speakeasy'?
An underground business where people could illegally purchase alcohol
What year did the stock market crash?
1929
What political ideology scared Canadian political leaders at this time? (hint: Russia)
What was the name of the womens group who fought the persons case?
The Alberta Five or the Famous Five
What technological product did we discuss was considered as a 'fad'? (Hint: found inside the household)
Radios
Name one reason that the Candian government reversed prohibition
taxation, profits, people were finding loopholes
What insect/pest was it that destroyed crop fields in the 30's?
Grasshoppers
The year the Winnipeg General Strike took place
1919
Name 2 of the 4 'vulnerable' groups we talked about in our lesson on social conditions in the 1920s?
Immigrants, women, farmers and Indigenous
Who invented Insulin? (Hint: Alliston)
Sir Frederick Banting
What Canadian city was the major contributor to alcohol smuggling in the U.S?
Windsor
What crop was in extremely high in the early 1900's, and by the early 30's was worth very little?
Wheat
Who were known as the 'specials?'
Industrialists and/or business leaders
Why was the Immigration Act of 1919 created?
Canadian politicians feared those that were so unlike them that they could not control
What invention took Canada by storm due to the use of the assembly line? (hint: went from no families having them, to almost every family)
Automobiles
What was a 'bootlegger'?
Someone who illegally smuggled alcohol
Name one of the natural disasters that plagued farm fields in the 1930s
Drought, grasshoppers, dust storms
What was the day known as when veterans flipped a streetcar, riots broke out, two people died, and workers returned to work
Bloody Saturday
What did the League of Indians aim to do?
Allow Indiengous men to vote without giving up their Indigenous status
Name one popular dance trend of the 1920s that we discussed
Foxtrot, jitterbug, jive, charleston, waltz, tango
Which was the first province to establish prohibition, and the last to get rid of it?
Prince Edward Island
The 4 stages of the business cycle
Prosperity, recession, depression and recovery