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Prohibition
Prohibition was when the Canadian government banned alchol for everyone. They did this because they did not want men hurting their wives and children -
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Roaring Twenties and Dirty thirties
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Spanish Influenza
The Spanish Flu was caused because of the soldiers living in their seperate divisions. Due to the soldiers having a weakened body, lacking food, vitamins and the stress in fighting increased their chance of getting ill. The virus included a terrible cough, bad congestion, fever, sore throats, muscle pains, tired, and dizziness. It was a global disaster. It occured right after the war until 1920. It was first noticed in Spain. It killed 8 million people around the world. -
The Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg general strike was when workers of three leading factories. They did this because they wanted 85cents per hour the wanted shorter work hours and easier living standards. -
Bloody Saturday
Bloody Saturday took place on June 21st 1919, during the Winnipeg General Strike. Crowds had gathered to watch a parade protesting the arrest of strike leaders, however, parades had been banned at that time. The Royal North-West Mounted Police were called by the Mayor and the crowd was charged. Violence errupted resulting in the death of one man, the injury of 30, and the arrest of hundreds. Five days later, the general strike was over. -
Discovery of Insulin
Diabetes is a deadly disease that causes sugar levels to increase No one knew what medicene could cure this deadly disease. Medical researcher, Fredrick Banting and research assistant Charles Best believed they knew how to cure this illness. They took the insulin and tested it on dogs who were diabetic. By conducting thist test the blood sugar level in the dogs were lowered. On this date, the first test occured on a 14 year old named Leonard Thompson, thankfully the results were good. -
William Lyon Mackenzie King is Prime minister of Canada
Mackenzie King was a dominant Canadian political liberal leader from the 1920's to the 1940's. He was Canada's 10th Prime Minister, with 21 years in office. However in 1930, King insisted that social welfare was the responsibility of the provinces, declaring he would not give a "five cent piece" to any province that did not have a liberal government. This speech was not popular among voters. In the election of 1930, The Liberals were voted out of office & the Conservative Party came into power. -
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. -
Nobel Prize
In the year of 1923, Banting and Macleod were given the Nobel Prize for medicene. -
Royal Canadian Air Force starts.
The RCAF was the airforce of Canada from 1924-1967. It took care of forest fires, mail delivery anti-smuggling patrol and for aerial photography. It was first founded in 1914. . The RCAF was commanded by the National Defence. During the war the airplanes would transport artillery and fight. On April 1st 1924, Royal was added. The RCAF was created because the military saw the importance that air craft had during the war. Most of our pilots trained in England. -
Black Tuesday
In the 1920's, many people played the stock market, thinking they could get rich over night. Unfortunately, Tuesday October 29, 1929 would forever be known as Black Tuesday, the day Canada's stock market crashed. Many people who invested in the stock market were affected negatively and lost everything. This dramatic event had played a big role in Canada's economic downturn in the 1930's, which was known as the Great Depression. -
Prime Minister R.B. Bennett
R.B Bennet was the primeminister of Canada, he did not help much in the great depression. The Bennet buggy was named after him because he did not help people suffering in the depression. -
5 Cent Speech
During the Great Depression, the economy dropped dramatically. The stock market crashed, this led to people not having jobs. This speech was said by Prime Minister King at the election campaign of 1930 in Ottawa. He believed that the provinical government should pay for relief programs. Prime Minister R.B Bennett the leader of the conseraivtes got the role of the Prime Minister because of this speech. -
Statute of Westminister
On December 11, 1931, the British Parliment passed the Statute of Westminister which was a law that gave formal recognition to all countries with a Dominion status full independence. This meant that Canada was made a completely self-governing nation, bound by no laws other than its own. However Canada did agree to remain part of a new Commonwealth of Nations, which is why its type of government is a constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy. -
CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Company
The CBC network started in 1936 with a CBC radio. This was and still is one of Canada's best broadcasting networks. -
SS St. Louis
The S.S. St. Louis was part of the Hamburg-American Line. It had been docked in Hamburg, waiting for its next voyage to transport German Jewish refugees to Cuba. The regugees would then stay in Cuba until they could move into the USA., but Cuba or the USA would not accept them, and they would have to return to Germany to face death.
