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Women's Rights to vote (2, Political)
Here you can see a group of women protesting against the inequality between men's and women's voting rights as well as bring to the attention that the rules are different depending on what part of Canada you are in. This was an initiative that showed mass improvement for Canada. -
Chemical Warfare (-2, Social)
In WWI, gas was introduced as a weapon, they would launch capsules of poisonous gases that would explode and cause the opposing country's soldier to choke and suffocate to death. -
WWI Draft (-1, Political)
This was the letter that got sent out to school children asking them for help in order to recruit more soldier . It is the “Lieutentant Colonel Borden’s letter” therefore it is a primary source as it was the exact same thing thing that was handed out in 1916. -
The Spanish Flu- Influenza (-2, Social + Economical)
This Epidemic killed around 50,000 Canadian Citizens. It had a huge impact on peoples lives especially right after the end of a war when few people were strong and healthy (both mentally and physically). -
Coal Mining (-1, Economical)
-here you can see the effect of the mining industry after a few decades, as the value for coal decreased, workers found themselves poor and with low wages, many miners were let go of -
"The Roaring 20's" Jazz age (2, Social)
The Jazz age allowed people to express themselves and show off their creativity/skills by making music and/or dancing. It was a time when everybody got together and had fun, it didn't matter what you looked like or where you lived. -
Health Care (-1, Social + economical)
I think that this was important because it goes to show some inequalities. As you can see, depending on whether or not you lived in the city or in the country, that would determine how much health care would cost. -
The Chinese Immigration Act (-1, Political)
The Chinese Immigration act (or Chinese Exclusion Act) Only banned Chinese residents from entering Canada, even though previous immigrants were allowed to stay, there were specific rules they had to follow as well as consequences that followed if rules were not obeyed -
Mass Production of Cars (0, Economical)
Mass production
This is the result of the mass production of cars in around 1924. Since this was a new and exciting revolution, many people wanted to be apart of this new development -
The Great Depression (-2, Economical)
The Great depression was the cause of a crash in the stock market where billons were lost. Many lost their job and had a lot of difficulty feeding themselves and or their families.
