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The Spanish Flu was a deadly disease brought over from the United States, killing millions. -
Residential schools started in the late 1880's and continued into the mid to late 1990's. The Canadian government let Christian led churches take indigenous children from their home and parents to teach them how to be "proper" Christians. -
The Winnipeg General Strike occurred among the people of Winnipeg for having poor working spaces, low wages, and discrimination against immigrants. The people of Winnipeg had enough and more than 30,000 workers left their jobs in protest. -
While the people of Winnipeg were in a state of protest, the government sent out Police on horseback, attacking innocent people, killing two, and injuring countless. Therefore Canada named it 'Bloody Saturday', -
The group of seven is a group of Canadian landscape painters. They painted the beautiful Canadian landscapes. -
The Radio started to become a very popular household item in the early 1920's. People could listen to music, hear about sports, and even the news. -
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African American communities such as New Orleans, and Louisiana. -
Insulin is what your pancreas produces to regulate sugars in the body, but if someone has diabetes they need physical shots of insulin daily. -
The Person's case was very important for Canadian women at that time. Society and the Supreme Court of Canada thought women weren't "persons" so a group of women teamed together and changed society forever. -
The Great Depression happened in the United States. Stocks went down significantly causing men to lose jobs, women losing their rights, and eventually men having to leave their home to find jobs elsewhere. This lasted till about 1939. -
Mackenzie King held the Five Cent Speech, stating that he would not offer money to the public or help in any way unless the Province had a Liberal Government. -
The Bennett Buggy was a car with no engine turned into a buggy used to mock the Prime Minister during the great depression. -
Since the great depression arouse in 1929, men could not provide for themselves or their families. Prime Minister R.B Bennett gave the option of men doing labor for little money, food, and shelter away from their families. -
The New Deal was programs such as millions of jobs given to men, financial benefits to the economy and regulations. -
In the 1930's, new political parties started to arise from the great depression, such as: CCF, Social Credit Party, and the Union Nationale.