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As women's rights get highlighted throughout WWI, More women became able to vote for the provincial and federal elections. In 1918, Prime minister Robert Borden's government extended suffrage to most Canadian women. the year after that, women's right to run for parliament was recognized. Finally, In 1921, Agnes Macphail became Canada's first woman member of Parliament.
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Influenza was a disease with high contagious and lethality. this disease soon became a global pandemic and killed approximately 50 million people around the world. Canada was also one of the countries that got affected because returning soldiers carried the virus with them. More than 50,000 Canadians died from 1918 to 1919.
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In Indian children whether or not they want to, sent to Indian residential schools and got "Civilized" while being forced to use English, separated from siblings and friends, and housed in dormitories. They even required to do labor without getting paid. it was very against humanity.
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Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod discovered to treat diabetes by injecting insulin. It was a great discovery and saved millions of lives. In 1923, Banting and Macleod were awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for the discovery of injectable insulin.
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In the 1920s, Black, Indian, and Asian immigrants were not welcome in Canada. Black children had to go to separate schools and being thought are unsuited to the climate of Canada. Chinese immigrants had to pay a head tax since 1885. even more, from 1923 to 1947, there were less than 50 Chinese people allowed into Canada.
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In the 1910s. the immigration policies were very restrictive for people who are not British because of WWI. However, this changed in the 1920s, as railway and steamship companies persuaded the government to loosen the policies to hire more people in other countries with cheaper payments.
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In the 1920s, more people bought radios as their prices fell as the technology improved. there were some Canadian radio stations, but most programs were from the U.S. As more people listened to the radio, more programs are made. In 1927, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King participated in creating Canada's first cross-country radio broadcast.
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Telephones have been developed quickly since the first call made in 1876. However, it was still two-pieces phone and was very expensive and considered a luxury. But over time, the dial phone and one-piece headset were introduced. In 1927, 13% of Canadians had a telephone.
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As Canadians live longer but still existed in poverty, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's government passed the Old Age Pensions Act in 1927. It provided Max. $20 a month only to a limited number of people who are British subjects aged 70 and older, live in Canada for more than 20 years, annual income is less than $365, and not status Indians.
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As WWI ends, the need for wheat had decreased over time. The price of wheat was $2.37 a bushel in 1919 but dropped to 80 cents by 1928. Although the price rose back to 1.05 in 1929, by 1932 it had dropped again to 35 cents. Many farmers in Saskatchewan went bankrupt or abandoned their farms because they were losing money from running it. In July 1936, because of extreme weather and grasshoppers, 14000 farmers had no crops to harvest and abandoned their farms.
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As Canada became more urban, more children worked in factories, mills, and mines. They were usually paid poorly, and couldn't learn some skills they can use when they grow up. because of this, social reformers campaigned to abolish child labor by making school attendance compulsory. By 1929, these education laws passed along with laws banning children from workplaces, forced them to attend school.
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The stock market crash in 1929 is one of the biggest causes of the Great Depression. In September, people had begun selling their stocks on the New York, Montreal, and Toronto exchanges, but financial experts in that time said that the markets were "fundamentally sound" and politicians repeated these reassurances.. On October 4, the Toronto stock exchange lost $200 million in value. On October 28, the value of shares on the Toronto stock exchange fell by $1 million a minute.
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Germany had been a democracy after WWI. However, Germans had little love for this political system because it was forced on them. Also, Germany had an even worse Great Depression than other countries because of the war guilt clause. Germans wanted a good leader to solve the country's problems, and Hitler seemed to be fit.
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By June 14, 1935, 2000 trekkers had reached Regina, Saskatchewan. The federal government agreed to meet the trek leaders in Ottawa in order to stop the rest of them in Regina. However, the meeting was a failure, and this fired up the riot. The result of the riot was one death of a police officer, and hundreds of injured people. within days, the trekkers left Regina without any gain. But in the 1935 federal election, Bennett's government had tossed out, and the relief camps were eventually closed
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Bombardier Inc. had started with the first snowmobiles in 1936 to get around more easily in the snow. The vehicles made a great success. Today, Bombardier Inc. is a multinational transportation company worth billions of dollars and recognized worldwide.
