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Winnipeg general strike
Winnipeg general strike was when 30 000 people went on strike on May 1919 – June 26, 1919 in Winnipeg, Canada. Their reason for sticking was a Huge unemployment rate, poor working condition and wages, inflation. Eventually Workers returned to old jobs fearing arrest. Their wages remained the same and people who organized protests were discredited and forced to sign contracts prohibiting them from participating in union activities. -
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Golden 20s and the Dirty 30s
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Discovery of Insulin (Social)
Charles Best and Dr. Frederick Banting of University of Toronto announced the discovery of insulin in . This could control metabolism and prevent diabetes. -
Halibut treaty (Politics)
In March 1923, Canada signed their first was treaty on its own. Canada and the United States negotiated a treaty about fishing rights in the Pacific Ocean. PM King insisted that Canada negotiates this treaty on their own without the presence of a British official. -
King-Bying Crisis (Politics)
The King-Byng crisis was when the powers of a prime minister was pitted against the powers of a governor general. It started when Prime Minister Mackenzie King asked Governor General Lord Julian Byng of Vimy to dissolve Parliament and call fresh elections but Byng refused. It was done when King won an election and no governor general ever again publicly refused the advice of a prime minister. -
Black Tuesday (Economic)
Lots of people invested in the stock marked they thought eventually be able to pay their loans when the get money from the stocks. Even bancs invested on stocks by using customers money. when the stock market crashed people ran to banks to find their money gone and the people who had money they with drew everything, bankrupting the banks. When people couldn't pay back their loans their stoves, refrigerators, and houses were repossessed making hundreds people be homeless. -
PM Bennett (Economic)
The Conservatives under R.B. Bennett win federal election. He promised action to combat the Depression, but when elected he had trouble creating a system to keep his promises. Many people blamed Bennett their troubles, items like newspapers used as blankets to keep warm were dubbed "Bennett Blankets" and a car pulled by a horse was called a "Bennett buggy" because people couldn't afford to fuel the engine. -
Creation of CCF (Politics)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was made by a small group of reformed MPs. They rejected both capitalism and revolutionary communism but they liked democratic socialism. They introduced public ownership of banks, public utilities, transportation and other major industries. -
Regina Riot (Politics)
In the depression employers didn't want to hire young people so they went from town to town looking for work. They were put in relief camps where they cleared brush and made roads and only got paid 20 cents. In 1935 1600 men boarded trains to confront PM Bennett. The leaders and the Bennett met but nothing was arranged, leaders planned to rally in the market square on July 1. prime minister Bennett ordered police to arrest the men, then this lead to a riot. -
Dust Bowl (Social)
This was a large drought that lasted from 1930 – 1936. the dough killed all of the wheat that the farmers were frowning.This forced many farmers from the prairies into cities to provide for their families.
