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winnipeg general strike
in May 1 1919 Winnipeg went on strike due to works.
winnipeg had shut down.
workers were frustrated due to unemployment, and bad working conditions
one of the most influential stikes in canadian history.
(it caused to winnipeg to go on lockdown this effected the economy by a lot it is a very important event in canadian history) -
Jazz Age
The Jazz Age was a feature of the 1920s (ending with The Great Depression) when jazz music and dance became popular.
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Insulin
doctor named Frederick Banting had come up with a cure for diabetic people.
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Chinese Exculsion Act
The canadian chinese exculsion act wich excluded chinese citizens by not allowing them to enter canada.
(chinese people werent allowed this effected out economy) later on the chinese were allowed to come to canada and millions of chinese people are in canada -
Prohobition laws repelled in Ontario
Prohibition was introduced in 1918 and was supported by the Women's Christian Temperance Union.The smuggling of alchol helped many smugglers make fortunes. There were some good points of prohibition such as decreased crime rates. However many people were against prohibition and the fact that smugglers were making a profit that could have been for the government caused the ban to be repealed throughtout 1920s.If it werent for this law canada would have been a really pious country. -
The persons case (this proved women were people)
The persons case began in1916, when Emily Murphy, a judge, was challenged in the courtroom because she was a woman. Soon after, the issue of a woman Senate came up and the question of do woman count as a person in laws came up again. In 1927, Emily along 4 other woman; Nellie McClung, Louise McKinnet, Henrietta Edwards, and Irene Parlby decided to start a petition on the subject. They brought the case all the way to the Privy Council in Britain where it was decided that woman were people. (this -
Black Tuesday (this one of the reason of the great depressions)
Black Tuesday was when the New York Stock Exchange crashed; the crash that had caused thousands of people to lose their fortunes. Thousands of investors wiped out because they couldn’t sell a fraction of what they paid for. Banks began to demand payments for the loans that many used to buy stocks, many borrowers could not repay their loans. This caused banks to withdraw customer’s deposits for stocks. Values of stocks became so low that banks weren’t able to recover their depositor’s money. -
P.M Bennett (bennett couldnt do much during the great deoression)
For more information click here Prime Minister: R.B. Bennett was a successful Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician. He was born on July 3rd, 1870-June 26, 1947. R.B Bennett was also the 11th Prime Minister of Canada from August 7, 1930 to October 23, 1935 this was the worst of the Great Depression years. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1911 and became Conservative leader in 1927. After winning the federal election of 1930, Bennett tried to fight the depression by expanding tr -
On To Ottawa Trek (the strikers went there but didnt make a big influence)
The on to Ottawa Trek took place in June 1935. Thousands of men was tired of the hard life in the British Columbia relief camps. They went onto trains and were headed to Ottawa to protest. They wanted minimum wage and social unemployment insurance and were joined by other men. The men got to Regina when they were stopped by the Mounted Police. Prime Minister R. B. Bennett claimed it was a plot to overthrow the government. The Trek ended in a riot with many injured and one death.
