Canadian Issues
Who invented the Ford Model - T (full name)?
Henry Ford
What is prohibition?
What is a period in History when the making and selling alcohol was illegal.
Why is the Spanish Flu called the "Spanish Flu"?
Spain was not at war and therefore was not under media censorship - able to report the cases.
Inventor of Basketball?
James Naismith
The stock market crash began in this US city.
What is New York City
How many people died during the Spanish Flu? (ballpark estimate)
50-100 million people worldwide
Crop-eating insect?
What are locusts.
What is a 'rumrunner'?
Someone who smuggled alcohol
Who replaced PM Mackenzie-King in the 1930 election?
R.B. Bennett
What did a 'flapper' represent?
Flappers did not adhere to the traditional social constraints and instead pushed boundaries.
They engaged in activities deemed unladylike at the time: smoking, drinking, open displays of sexuality.
Name 2 technological/electrical inventions from the 1920's.
1920s Inventions:
Radio, telephone, appliances (washing machines, refrigerators, vacuums),
Why was the Depression hardest on young, single men? (2 reasons)
Unable to obtain government relief assistance & had to work at government relief camps.
What were the 3 demands of the workers in the Winnipeg General Strike?
What is better wages, better work conditions, right to organize union/collective bargaining.
Who is Foster Hewitt?
First Hockey Night in Canada radio announcer. First widely listened to radio program across all of Canada.
What is a resource-based economy?
What is an economy in which industry uses and depends on natural resources to provide jobs and products.
Bloody Saturday refers to which Canadian event?
Winnipeg General Strike
The OBU stands for (Winnipeg General Strike)?
One Big Union
Which Canadian produced insulin to help people with diabetes?
Dr. Frederick Banting
What were the Edmonton Grads?
Canada’s most successful basketball team ever, was an all women’s team that ruled the sport from 1915-1940
What does L.C.B.O. stand for?
Liquor Control Board of Ontario
Name 3 major causes of the Great Depression?
What is overproduction, dependence on few primary resources, dependence on USA, high tariffs, too much credit, drought and dust bowl.