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First Assembly Line Used
The first ever assembly line was used by Henry Ford on December 1st, 1913. This innovation helped reduce the production time of an automobile from >12 hours to two and a half hours. Source -
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Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu was a H1N1 pandemic that was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. It infected 500 million people, killing an estimated 50-100 million people, 3 to 5 percent of the worlds population. Because the start of the outbreak occured during WWI, most countries had war censorship. Neutral Spain had uncensored press, giving the impression Spain was hit hard and the pandemic was given its name. Source -
Start of the Winnipeg General Strike
After negotations between Management and Labour in Building and Metal trades and the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council broke down, tens of thousands of workers walked out of their jobs in the first few hours of the general strike being called. More Info, Sources: Class note,. Click me -
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Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg General Strike was the complete shutdown of Winnipeg workers wanted good working wages, shorter hours, collective bargaining and improved working conditions. Tens of thousands of workers walked out of their jobs in the first few hours of the strike after negotations between Management and Labour in Building and Metal trades and the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council. More Info, Sources: Class note,. Click me -
"Bloody Saturday"
Black Saturday was the day when the first shots were fired and the first striker killed in Winnipeg, when the strikers used violence on a streetcar by overturning it and setting it on fire. The Northwest Mounted Police came on horses and used revolvers to open fire on the crowd. In the end, two were killed, 34 injured, and 94 arrested. More Info, Sources: Class note,. <a href='http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP12CH3PA2LE.html' -
End of the Winnipeg General Strike
After Bloody Saturday, the Central Strike Committee (CSC) called an end to the general strike, fearing more violence by the Canadian government. -
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Royal Canadian Air Force
The Royal Canadian Air Force (CAF, 1920-24) was the Canadian airforce. It was given 140 obsolete aircraft at the time of its forming from Britain, ones nearly exclusively used for civilian operations. The RCAF was still very obsolete by the time WWII started compared to Germany and Britain. Source -
Insulin Invented (exact date unknown)
Insulin was invented by Frederick Banting and Charles Bast in 1921. It was a cure for diabetes, a disease that was very deadly to humans and was almost certain death at the time. Banting sold the cure to the University of Toronto for one dollar. Source -
William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister
Mackenzie King's first term of 6 in his 22 years as the Prime Minster of Canada started in 1921. He succeeded Arthur Meighen. -
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William Lyon Mackenzie King's First Term
A majority government for King's Liberals would be the start of Mackenzie King as Prime Minister, and he would bring in two major policies: the balancing act and city planning. -
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Foster Hewitt & Hockey Night in Canada
Foster Hewitt was the face of Hockey Night in Canada, with his radio broadcasts being broadcasted to thousands of visitors every game. He became one of the most known figures in Canada because of his radio broadcasts of hockey games. (Exact date unknown.) Source: Class notes -
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Mackenzie King's Second and Third Terms
The Liberals regained government with the support of the Progressives, but would fail to hold on to power due to a scandal. Overcoming scandal problems within the liberal government, Mackenzie King regained power for a third term with a clear majority. King extended Canada's autonomy and the province's powers in this term. -
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Person's Case
The Person's Case was the politic argument where the Famous Five, Henrietta Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphey, and Irene Parlby fought for women across Canada to make women defined as "persons", one of the largest victories for womens rights in Canada. Source -
Stock Market Crash ("Black Tuesday")
One of the days of the Wall Street Crash, called Black Tuesday, was one of the primary causes of the Great Depression. People lost billions of dollars in stock invesetments instantly, going from an extremely wealthy man to a man with literally nothing. Sources: Notes. -
Five Cent Speech (exact date unknown)
At the start of the Great Depression, Mackenzie King gave the Five Cent Speech, a controversial speech that was one of the reasons that R.B. Bennett became Prime Minister. He said social welfare was the responsability of the province, and that he would not give a "five-cent piece" to a non-Liberal province. Source -
R.B. Bennett becomes Prime Minister
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R.B. Bennett - Canadian Prime Minister
R.B. Bennett wins the election during the depression, promising Canadians he would help get the Canadian economy back. He would end up failing to do this, and only lasted a single term before many Canadians, angry at Bennett, voted for King's Liberals, who won with a record majority. -
Statute of Westminster
The Statute of Westminster gave Canada the ability to have their own foreign policy, fulfilling full Canadian autonomy. The terms of the Statute can be found at the bottom of the sources page. Source -
R.B. Bennett's New Deal Speech
R.B. Bennett had a plan for a New Deal, following what the American government did. Bennett's government induced a Canadian version of the New Deal. "I am for reform, and to my mind, reform means government intervention, it means government control and regulation, it means the end of laissez-faire." - R.B. Bennett -
Start of the On-to-Ottawa Trek
The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a labour movement in the height of the Great Depression by people in British Columbia who were against the as little as 20 cents per day wages in 6 and a half days of work in relief camps. These workers would "ride the rod" - riding on and in freight train cars - in an attempt to travel all the way to Ottawa to challenge the Canadian government, run by RB Bennett.
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On-to-Ottawa Trek
The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a labour movement in the height of the Great Depression by people in British Columbia who were against the as little as 20 cents per day wages in 6 and a half days of work in relief camps. These workers would "ride the rod" - riding on and in freight train cars - in an attempt to travel all the way to Ottawa to challenge the Canadian government, run by RB Bennett.
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Mackenzie King's 4th, 5th, and 6th Terms
Mackenzie King became Prime Minister yet again after the failure of the Conservative government, winning by a record majority. Mackenzie King retired during the middle of his 6th term in 1948. Mackenzie King helped with the Statute of Westminster, a policy that gave Canada foreign policy freedom, and much more. Source -
S.S. St. Louis
The S.S. St. Louis was a ship in the Hamburg-America Line, which was going to take Jewish refugrees from Germany to Cuba. However, they were denied entry to land in Cuba, the United States, and Canada, and eventually sailed back to Europe and split up into Holland, France, Great Britain, and Belgium, where an estimated 25% of them were killed in the Holocaust. Source