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Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday is the day the stock market had crashed on October 29, 1929 in the United States. The value of stocks plummeted, and prices just kept falling. Many became unemployed and millons of dollars were lost. The crash effected Canada and many other countries like Britain, Germany and France. This event triggered the Great Depression. -
The Depression
Canada was the second hardest hit country next to the US. Nearly 30 percent of Canadians were unemployed and all savings were dried up. The Western region of Canada was hit harder than some when a drought was brought on as well as the depression, gaining the nickname, dust bowl. -
Politics
The PM Richard Bennett handed out $20 million to aid unemployed men during the depression. He also initiated preferential tariffs to strengthen Canada's trade market. -
Politics
James Woodworth created the democratic socialist party called the CCF. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in calgary. The conservative governement created relief camps to compensate for all the unemployed men in Canada during the depression. -
Holocaust
Between 1933 and 1945 Jewish people were targeted and blamed for Germany's economic downfall. Hitler had Germany convinced that they should be rid of all Jewish people. He had a step by step plan beginning with racism and anti-semitism. Next was stripping them of their rights, segregation into ghettos, concentration camps and eventually extermination camps where they would be murdered.The Nazis killed 6 million Jews and 5 million minorities: Romanies/Gypsies, Homosexuals, Poles, POWs etc. -
On To Ottawa Trek
Because of the depression unempoyed men were sent to relief camps. Men basically had no choice but to attend these camps because there was no other way to earn money. But the men were unhappy with the relief camp conditions, being treated like slaves, for a rate of only twenty cents per day. They were doing pointless work, so 1800+ men decided to present their demands to the federal government. -
The Regina Riot
By the request of the federal government the on to ottwawa trek was intercepted ending in tradgedy. Violence was used to stop the protesting men and one officer ended up dead and 130 injured. Free transportation home was provided. Pay and conditions improved and they became public work camps. -
Canada Declares War
On September 10, 1939 Canada had declared war on Germany. Canada's army was far from ready but the death of over 100 British men and a Canadian girl sparked even more anger. This is a historic event because this is the first time declaring war as an independent nation for Canada. -
Miracle at Dunkirk
In the spring of 1940 the Germans had trapped British and French armies on the beaches surrounding Dunkirk, around 330 000 men. 800 little ships and then larger ships had to be used to rescue the men from the shores because larger boats could not get close to the shallow shores. Hitler could have launched a full scale attack but he didn’t because he believed that this would make the armies come to terms and be at peace with him in power -
Final Solution
In 1942 the Nazis launched the Final Solution. This was also known as "the Jewish problem." Jewish men, women, and children were gathered and shipped to concentration camps throughout Germany. Once they arrived they were separated into two groups - the strong would work in labour camps for 16 hours a day and the weak would be sent straight to gas chambers. These gas chambers were disguised as showers. -
Atomic Bomb
The first atomic bomb to ever be used was dropped on August 6th, 1945. A US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima which killed around 80 000 people. A second bomb was sent three days later on Nagasaki causing 40 000 more deaths. In the following months 100 000 more died slow deaths due to radiation poisoning.