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The Spanish Flu appeared in the FWW in February, it received attention when it moved from Spain to France. This virus killed more than 50 million people worldwide, including around 50,000 Canadians. This pandemic led to the establishment of the Federal Department of Health in 1919, which made public health a huge responsibility of all levels of the Government.
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During the FWW, all Provincial Governments -except Quebec- banned alcohol. Many groups and associations had supported a ban long before the war, and the production of alcohol did not help the war effort. Prohibition in Canada came out as a result of the temperance movement. Rumrunners were also a big thing in the 1920s.
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-The radio was originally invented to "shrink" the size of Canada and established a new mass in the communication industry. The radio also brought social and political discussion and debate into Canadian homes. By 1928, around 52,000 radios were sold in Canada and by 1929, almost everybody had one.
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Cars mass production on the assembly line reduced manufacturing costs and ultimately made cars much more affordable than they had previously been. The automobile industry grew as public demand for cars increased. By 1929, there were over 1 million cars in Canada - which simulated other car-related industries- such as highway construction, gas stations, motels, and service stations.
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Rumrunners started to take effect on January 17, 1920. They transported the alcohol, and other adult beverages, through the woods of Quebec to Main, New Hampshire. They also took it across Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Schooners had met along the Atlantic ocean, they also had a small fleet of WW1 planes fly the alcohol across. Rumrunners then ended in 1927.
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Insulin was a hormone that treated diabetes. In January 1922, Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy who was dying from type 1 diabetes, became the first person to receive an injection of insulin. Insulin was discovered by Sir Fredrick G Banting Charles H Best and JJR Macleod at the University of Toronto.
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In 1923, Fredrick Banting and JJR Macleod were the first Canadians to win a Nobel prize for their work that led to the discovery of insulin.
[https://globalnews.ca/news/1420149/timeline-notable-dates-in-the-history-of-canada/#:~:text=25%2C%201923%20%E2%80%93%20Frederick%20Banting%20and,led%20to%20discovery%20of%20insulin.] -
The history of the air force began in 1920 when the air force was created as the Canadian Air Force (CAF). In 1924, the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) when it was granted the royal title by King George V
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William Lyon Mackenzie King resigned as Prime Minister of Canada. Arthur Meighen became the Prime Minister for a second time, but an election was forced when Meighen failed to win the confidence of the House of Commons.
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The Jazz Singer is an American musical film that was released in 1927. The Jazz Singer was the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue. The movie starred actor Al Jolson as Jackie Robinowitz. The picture revolutionized the motion-picture industry and marked the end of the silence-film era.
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During the Great Depression, there was over-production and expansion, and Canada's dependence on few primary products such as wheat, fish, minerals, pulp, and paper. There were high tariffs which killed the international trade. During the depression, there was too much credit buying and too much credit buying of stocks. The depression was a Gross National Expenditure, which came to an end in 1933.
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The beginning of Black Tuesday was on October 24, 1929. Black Tuesday, also called "The Great Cash," was caused by the value of the New York stock market falling dramatically. Thousands of accounts were wiped out before leading blankets and industrialists intervened to halt the slump.
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This was they year when huge clouds of dry soil (essently dust), would be swept away by wind and would create huge clouds of very thick dust. This disaster was caused due to lack of rain and water, and because of the lack of rain and water, the dust would cover everything in its path with sand. This continued for around a whole decade.
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The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco Skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. This building was designed by Shreve, Lamb, and Harmen, and was built from march 17, 1930, to 1931. The construction of this tall building took around 1 year and 45 days.
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The Statute of Westminster was passed by the British Parliament on December 11, 1930. The act was done at the request and with the consent of the Dominions. Canada's federal and provincial governments could not agree on how they would make future changes to the British North America Act.
[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/statute-of-westminster#:~:text=On%2011%20December%201931%2C%20the,cemented%20the%20Dominions'%20legislative%20independence.]