Life in the 20s
Politics in the 20s
Life in the 30s
Politics in the 30s
Pot Pourri
100
This was introduced to try and prevent Canadians from drinking alcohol.
What is prohibition.
100
This person became the Prime Minister after the election of 1921.
Who is Mackenzie King
100
The year the Great Depression began
What is 1929.
100
The Prime Minister in 1930
Who is R.B. Bennett
100
In the 1926 bribery scandal, Prime Minister King asked this person to call a new election.
Who is Governor General Lord Byng
200
This group of people still faced assimilation and experienced discrimination and abuse during the 1920s.
What is the Aboriginals
200
The largest strike Canada has witnessed
What is the Winnipeg General Strike
200
The alternative to the automobile.
What is the Bennett Buggy
200
Prime Minister Mackenzie King's view on the stock market crash
What is that poor economic times were temporary and that it would pass without any help from the government.
200
Established a distinctly Canadian style of painting that reflected the beauty of Canada
What is The Group of Seven
300
The results of World War I (List at least 3)
What is wartime industries closed, high unemployment, high inflation.
300
In 1929 ruled that Canadian women were legally persons and were eligible to be appointed to the Senate
What is the British Privy Council.
300
The term given to individuals travelling from one city to another via train.
What is "Riding the rods"
300
The new political parties that arose during the 1930s.
What is the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the Communist Party of Canada, the Social Credit Party, the Union Nationale.
300
The smuggling and selling of illegal alcohol
What is bootlegging
400
The year the economic boom began.
What is 1924
400
A prominent suffragist and reformer; the first woman magistrate in the Commonwealth; organizer of the 'Persons' Case; wrote books and articles under the name of Janey Canuck
Who is Emily Murphy
400
Requirements to receive Relief money (name 3)
What is: prove that you are not able to support yourself and no relative can help, be a man supporting a family, have been a resident of the municipality for at least one year before applying, turn in your liquor permit, turn in your automobile license plates and driver's license, remove telephone from the house, register a the unemployment office, work on municipal projects from time to time and allow relief office investigators to come to the house to check on the rules.
400
This group hoped to solve the problems of the Great Depression by getting the government to print more money to give a monthly cheque of $25 to every adult.
What is the Social Credit party.
400
The multiple causes of the Great Depression
What is natural disasters, overproduction, a low demand for Canadian resources, high tariffs, buying on credit, and a low standard of living.
500
This province turned increasingly inward and pursued a nationalistic policy, they felt isolated from the rest of Canada
What is Quebec.
500
These individuals are known as the "Famous Five"
Who is Irene Parlby, Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards and Louise Crummy McKinney,
500
The reason(s) the 1930s were viewed as the "worst years" (name at least 2)
What is one third of the population was unemployed, there was mass starvation and malnutrition and drought, dust storms and grasshopper plagues occurred.
500
The leader of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike and the first leader of the Co-coperative Commonwealth Federation - he helped obtain old age pensions for Canadians and better working conditions for workers during the 1920s.
Who is James S. Woodsworth
500
A system based on the principle of communal ownership of all property vs. an ideology with the core belief that a society should collectively control the means of production.
What is communism vs. socialism