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Person’s Case
Women does not have the rights as men.
they are less inferior as the men.
They were not counted as a person -
Prohibition
Prohibition- doesnt allow any import and transportation of liquor across the country.
This cause a new crime known as bootleg booze. illegal liquor made and sold by organization -
Spanish Flu
A disease after the World War One that killed many people. -
Period: to
InterWar
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Winnipeg General Strike
thousands of worker in winnipeg went on a strike.
Violence broke out in the streets. They wanted three things. Demands were
1. decent wages
2. an eight hour day
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League of Indians
League of Indians is an organization that fight for their rights. Such as being able to vote without giving up on their aboriginal status. -
Group of Seven
Their first exhibition of painting were held in Ontario.
They express their painting through the experience of Canadians.
inspiration came from Canadian landscape
The Group of Seven members were: Franklin CARMICHAEL, Lawren HARRIS, A.Y. JACKSON, Franz JOHNSTON, Arthur LISMER, J.E.H. MACDONALD and F.H. VARLEY -
Branch Plants
A system that copys the american parent company products
This is use to provide more jobs -
Insulin
Over millions had diabetes. People were dieing to diabetes and uncertain how to cure it.
Banting discover that people with diabetes were missing an hormone called insulin.
Banting, Charles Best, and J.B. Collip figure out how to isolate insulin.
in 1922 insulin was made available to treat diabetes. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese people are not allow to come to Canada unless they are students, merchants, and dipolmatic -
Black Tuesday
This event led to the Depression.
This event was when the stock market crashed.
This happened because people buy for low price and then sell later for high price.
They did this because they wanted to become rich. -
Five Cent Speech
The Five Cent Speech cause the Liberals to be voted out of the office.
The Five Cent Speech was Mackenzie King stateing he wouldn't give five cent to any province that did not have a Liberal government.
The Conservative party came into power because of the speech. -
Statute of Westminster
The day Canada became independent.
No longer follow British rules, follow their own rules.
completely self-governing.
two area was not fully independent because they were having arguement. But when arguement end they will. -
CBC- Canadian Broadcasting Company
built more stations across the country to have more canadian broadcasting.
encourage Canadian program developments, want to be as domination of the airwaves so it not just american that are. -
On to Ottawa Trek
thousands of men unhappy with the life in the British Columbia. Went to Ottawa to protest to the government. -
SS. St. Louis
A ship carrying a 907 Jews. They were refugees searching for a country to accept them. They were denid from Cuba and other Latin American countries. They went to Canada and hope to find a safe haven. They were denid from Canada and force to return to Europe
