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Spanish Flu
The 1918 flu pandemic (the Spanish Flu) was an unusually severe and deadly influenza pandemic that spread across the world.The pandemic lasted from June 1917 to December 1920.spreading even to the Arctic and remote Pacific islands. Between 50 and 100 million died, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. Even using the lower estimate of 50 million people, 3% of the world's population (1.8 billion at the time, died of the disease. Some 500 million, -
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Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most influential strikes in Canadian history, and became the platform for future labour reforms. On Bloody Sunday the Mounties broke up a riot in Winnipeg ending the Winnipeg General Strike. The workers were defeated, but they learned to use politics rather than violence to get what they want. -
Group of Seven
The Group of Seven formed in 1920, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, and Fredrick Varley. They were a group of Canadian painters who were famous for their paintings of the Canadian landscape. The Group of Seven were the first to create a Canadian national style in painting. Their influence and popularity still continues to grow all over the world. -
Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s to the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926;[1][2] September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930;[3] and October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948.[4] A Liberal with 21 years in office, he was the longest-serving Prime Minister in British Commonwealth history. -
Insulin
In 1921, the population of North America had greatly been affected by diabetes. At that time, no one knew the cause or treatment of the disease. However, in 1922, Canadian medical researchers at the University of Toronto had discovered a treatment called insulin. Ontario doctor, Frederick Banting, determined that people with diabetes could not absorb sugar & starch from the blood stream because they were missing an important hormone-insulin. Results were astounding & saved the lives of millions -
Chinese Exclusion Act
In efforts to stop immigration from China, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in Canada on July 1st 1923. This Act banned all Chinese from entering Canada, except for students, merchants, and diplomats. Canadians feared that the Chinese would take over their jobs. Due to the Great War (1914-1918), discrimination still existed in Canada. -
Royal Canadian Air Force
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was the air force of Canada from 1924 until 1968.
Prior to 1924, Canada's involvement with air defence consisted of Canadian airmen flying with the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service, with the short-lived Canadian Aviation Corps, and with a small two-squadron Canadian Air Force attached to the Royal Air Force in England during the First World War. In 1920 another Canadian Air Force was established in Canada that was concerned mostly with military f -
Black Tuesday
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 (October 1929), also known as the Great Crash, and the Stock Market Crash of 1929, was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its fallout.[1] The crash signaled the beginning of the 12-year Great Depression that affected all Western industrialized countries[2] and that did not end in the United States until the onset of American mobilization for World War II at the end of -
The Great Depression
-More Info-In 1929, the general prosperity in Canada quickly disappeared as Canada plunged into the Great Depression, the worst economic downturn it had ever faced. Consequently, many people lost their jobs, their debts became heavier, & families saw most of their assets disappear. Even though the stock market crash of 1929 played a big role in this economic downturn, it wasn't the cause. The prosperity stage of the 1920's was followed by a recession which eventually turned into a depression by -
Five Cent Speech
during the beginning of the Great Depression, King made a speech about how social welfare was the responsibility of the provinces
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Statute of Westminster
The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (22 & 23 Geo. V c. 4, 11 December 1931) which established legislative equality for the self-governing dominions of the British Empire and the United Kingdom, with a few residual exceptions, notably India. The Statute remains domestic law within each of the other Commonwealth realms, to the extent that it was not rendered obsolete by the process of constitutional
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SS. St. Louis
St. Louis sailed from Hamburg to Cuba on May 13, 1939, carrying seven non-Jewish and 930 Jewish refugees (mainly German) seeking asylum from Nazi persecution. On the ship’s arrival in Cuba, the Cuban government under Federico Laredo Brú refused the passengers entry as either tourists (laws related to tourist visas had recently been changed) or under political asylum. During negotiations, the government requested an additional $500 visa fee per passenger, money which most of the refugees di -
On to Ottawa Trek
The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a long journey where thousands of people had unemployed men protesting the dismal conditions in federal relief camps scattered in remote areas across Western Canada. The men lived and worked in these camps at a rate of twenty cents per day before walking out on strike in April 1935. After a two-month protest in Vancouver, British Columbia, camp strikers voted to travel east to Ottawa and bring their grievances to the federal government. -
New Deal
The New Deal is a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They were passed by the U.S. Congress during the first term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as President of the United States, which lasted from 1933 to 1937. The programs were responses to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": relief, recovery, and reform. That is, relief for the unemployed and poor; recovery of the economy to normal levels; and reform of the financ -
CBC- Canadian Broadcasting Company
In 1933, the government created the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Comission (CRBC) which became the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1936. This corporation was created in efforts to counteract the American domination of the airwaves and to encourage the development of Canadian programs. CBC took on a powerful force in establishing a sense of national unity across Canada, and is still popular nowadays.
