Roarin' 20's and Dirty 30's timeline.

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    Has 20's and 30's.
  • Residential schools become mandatory

    Residential schools become mandatory

    It is now mandatory to put Native children through agonizing emotional, mental, spiritual and physical pain and suffering with no end in sight in Canada.
  • Invention of Insulin

    Invention of Insulin

    Sir Frederick G Banting, Charles H Best and JJR Macleod at the University of Toronto discovered insulin, which allowed people with diabetes to live more than a year or two. Insulin saved hundreds of millions of lives.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

    This bill created even more inequality in the world by banning Chinese immigration into Canada.
  • Liquid Fuel Rocket Invented

    Liquid Fuel Rocket Invented

    Robert Goddard built and launched the first ever liquid fueled rocket. It flew only up to 12.5 meters, without this invention the space age would have never began.
  • First full-length talkie movie

    First full-length talkie movie

    The Jazz Singer is considered the first full length talkie, even though it only includes sound effects and music, it still has sound so it is a talkie. This was huge for the entertainment/movie industry.
  • Persons Case

    Persons Case

    This is the court case that changed a lot of things for women. It said that by law, women are now persons. They could now become politicians, and could no longer be denied rights.
  • Start of the Great Depression (Black Tuesday)

    Start of the Great Depression (Black Tuesday)

    The entire stock market crashed, causing millions of people to go into poverty, lose their jobs, and lose their homes. Many people suffered during this tragic event.
  • Five Cent Speech

    Five Cent Speech

    The liberal party claimed they would only give money to people living in liberal provinces, so this lead to conserverative R.B. Bennett winning the election.
  • Radar invented

    Radar invented

    This device detects radio waves reflecting off metallic objects, and is used to detect aircraft, watercraft, and more.
  • On To Ottawa Trek

    On To Ottawa Trek

    The people working in relief camps were sick of being treated poorly, so they went to protest in Ottawa. They did not make it to Ottawa, but this event proves that the relief camps were not a good solution to widespread unemployment.
  • Jet engine invented

    Jet engine invented

    The jet engine is more powerful and efficient than typical engine-propeller combos. They made air travel much more affordable a while later.
  • World War II begins.

    World War II begins.

    This is the beginning of the 2nd World War.