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The Spanish flu pandemic lasted from 1918 to 1919, and scientists now say it originated in birds, then spread to pigs, and finally to humans. People brought the flu to Europe, and the disease spread rapidly in the trenches' mud and filth. The flu had spread through Canada by the time Canadian forces in Europe began the final 100 days of the war. -
While Canada's attracting Immigrants, they had denied and discriminated Black people, people from China, India, and Japan. In Nova Scotia, Black Canadians were separated from other races' schools. Chinese' head taxes had been required in 1885. Both Chinese and Japanese people weren't allowed to vote either. -
By 1918, the federal government enacted Prohibition and was under the law of "War Measures Act." Since alcohol was blamed for a variety of social issues, including crime, public intoxication, domestic abuse, and poverty. While some Canadians were unhappy with Prohibition, it led to the development of illicit alcohol transactions. Provincial governments began removing prohibition laws and replacing them with government-controlled liquor sales as early as 1921. -
Women in Canada started to petition for "Suffrage" in the early 1870s (Right to vote). In the early 1900s, after studying medicine, 3 activists (Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards & Louise McKinney) continued to fight for women's right to vote. They did not see suffrage as the end for their mission, instead they continued to fight for rights in running for public offices, running for Senate, etc. -
Immigration is affected by push (poverty, lack of political/religious freedom) and pull (vice versa) factors. After the war had ended, many soldiers had returned home and many became unemployed. The Immigration Policies had denied the entry of people because of that. -
When their bosses declined to discuss a pay increase, members of Winnipeg's construction trade unions went on strike. The next day, city metal workers joined the strikers. To help the protesting workers, the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council called for a citywide strike. Almost 20,000 membersd of 94 unions were laid off an hour later. -
The Winnipeg General Strike's chaotic product left two people dead, hundreds injured, and the city under military rule. The authorities and the crowd clashed. Screams replaced cheers. Over it all, gunshots could be heard.
It was June 21, 1919, a turning point in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, also known as Bloody Saturday. -
Around 1922-1933, several Canadian painters had been influenced by the European styles and techniques. Although Emily Carr and the Group of Seven decided to paint their own Canadian identity, they wanted to use vibrant colours to show how the setting influenced them. They physically travelled to various locations in order to gain firsthand experience. -
Duncan Campbell Scott, a well-known author, wanted to provide education to Indians in Canada so that they could become civilised and integrate into Canadian society in 1920. Scott claimed that the secret to assimilation was education. Despite the fact that many First Nations children already attended school, the Indian Act was revised in 1920, requiring all children aged 7 to 15 to attend school. This needed hundreds, if not thousands, of kilometres of travel. -
Western First Nations, such as the Siksika and Cree, were encouraged to sign treaties that included some benefits in exchange for giving up much of their territory. The Indian Act established who was eligible for Indian status and, as a result, for the benefits promised in treaties. Supported health care and education are among the advantages. -
Between 1933 and 1945, Germany was ruled by Adolf Hitler, a fascist leader. Because of Europe's struggling economy, fascism spread. The citizens of Germany were left with a nation in shambles after the fall of the Kaiser. People were struggling to find a leader as a result of this. Following the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was fed up with the contract they were offered and blamed it on the false government. This opened the way for fascist dictators to rise to power. -
Insulin is essential in the treatment of diabetes, since all forms of diabetes are caused by the body's inability to effectively use blood sugar. Insulin was discovered in 1921 as a result of the theories of Frederick G. Banting, his assistant Charles Best's chemistry expertise, and John MacLeod of the University of Toronto in Canada. -
In 1923, the Chinese Immigration Act was established, excluding almost all Chinese immigrants. This rule restricted male Chinese workers from bringing their wives or children to Canada. Many Chinese men were separated from their families as a result of this, and their wives and children were born and raised in misery. -
By 1927, 13 Canadians out of every 100 had access to a telephone. After Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876, telephone technology advanced at a rapid technology rate. The first Canada call, from Montreal to Vancouver, was made in 1916, but it was routed over American systems. -
In 1927, the majority of senior citizens and immigrants in Canada were poor. Because of age discrimination, applying for employment was difficult for them. Many businesses had employed mostly young people. J.S. Woodsworth and other social reformers wanted a move, and they were able to persuade Prime Minister William Mackenzie King to pass the Old Age Pension Act. A maximum of $20 per month will be paid out from the pension. However only a certain number of people could receive this pension. -
Crop failure was a problem in Saskatchewan in 1928, due to low prices and severe weather changes. Since wheat was the primary crop for Prairie farmers, many had gone bankrupt, abandoned their fields, and so on. It was difficult to grow crops with lack of rain, and the temperature rose above 38°C. The Prairie farmer's farm's topsoil became dry as a result of this. Due to massive dust storms, 14, 000 farmers were unable to harvest their crops, forcing them to leave their farms. -
As technology advanced and prices dropped during the 1920s, more citizens purchased radios. By 1928, there were a few Canadian radio stations, but 80 percent of the programms that Canadians heard were created in the United States, thanks to strong transmitters that carried programs across the border. The radio was used by Prime Minister William Mackenzie King to communicate with Canadians and to address the nation. -
The hysteria that gripped Wall Street, Toronto, and Montreal in October 1929 resulted in billions of dollars in lost income for investors and companies due to wild stock sell-offs. It was followed by the Great Depression, which resulted in the layoff of thousands of jobs and the closure of several businesses in 1930 and beyond. On October 4, the Toronto stock exchange lost $200M. 12 million shares were sold in New York. On October 28, the Toronto stock exchange saw a $1 million drop in a minute. -
In 1929, Child Labour was banned children under the age of 14 from working in factories and mines. Since social reformers see children as hope for their own future, they wanted to ban the children from working and to give them education instead. -
Most women in Canada were able to vote in 1919, but they could not run for Senator or Judge positions. Only "eligible persons" may be senators, according to Canada's constitution. The term "persons" was not specified in the act. "Women are persons in matters of pains and fines, but not in matters of rights and privileges," it said. The privy councils reversed the Supreme Court's judgement in 1929, ruling that Canadian women are individuals. -
In 1935, many of the men in British Columbia had demanded that they need better working conditions and raise of wage.They left the camps and walked/hitch-hiked rides to Vancouver. They planned to jump trains to take their case to prime minister in Ottawa. After two months, 1,900 men gathered in Vancouver, where they held rallies and collected money for food. Many people in Vancouver supported the men. When the trekkers arrived in BC, they came with pots of stews for the men. -
The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) was a marketing board for agricultural products based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was established in 1935 and for most of its existence was the only buyer and seller of Prairie wheat and barley intended for export or human consumption in Canada. Farmers were banned from selling their grain to anyone other than the CWB under this model, known as the "single desk." -
The 2000 trekkers arrived in Regina on June 14 to directly address their grievances to Prime Minister R.B. Bennett. However, things did not work out the way they had hoped. Nothing was resolved at the Ottawa conference. Bennet maintained that the camps were fine and that the trekkers were nothing more than communist troublemakers. The police attempted to arrest the trek leaders, but this scared the public, and some people fought back, injuring many and killing one police and some trekkers. -
Joseph Armand Bombardier, a Quebec inventor, started it all in 1936. He decided to make it easier for the locals to get around in the snow. Most roads weren't ploughed in the winter when he was a teenager. As a result, he invented a motorised vehicle, and his small factory in Valcourt produced the first seven snowmobiles. It is now known as Bombardier, Inc., a multibillion-dollar corporation with a market leader. -
Passengers on the M.S. St. Louis could see the city lights glistening as it cruised off the coast of Miami in June 1939. The majority of the ship's 900 passengers were Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. Even though World War II had not yet started, the groundwork for the Holocaust was already being laid in Germany, where Jews were harassed, discriminated against, and persecuted publicly.