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the Spanish Flu was a pandemic ensuing WWI, that was brought into Canada by soldiers. The Spanish flu infected around one in four Canadians which resulted in around 50,000 deaths. Numerous people were quarantined during this time, and countless small businesses were briefly shut down. -
Prohibition was a ban on alcohol in Canada, it started in 1901 in Prince Edward Island, but later became a national prohibition in 1918. Prohibition was the result of the efforts of generations of Prohibition workers to close bars and taverns. In the 1900s, before social welfare existed, they were seen as a source of suffering. -
On June 21, 1919, near the end of the Winnipeg General Strike, saw the occurrence of the tragic event called "Bloody Saturday." Two men had been killed and 27 other people were injured as strikers fought the Northwest Mounted Police. due to the strike of these workers In less than two hours the whole productive industry of an entire city was tied up. Not a wheel was turning in the big plans, not a streetcar was visible. -
The 1920s are considered the jazz age due to an uproar of popularity in a blend of European and West-African music styles called jazz. Jazz was so popular due to its strong and rhythmic beat. -
Flappers were young women known for their style and rebelliousness. Flappers pushed social barriers in many aspects of their lives. flappers dominated the 1920s. -
Insulin, discovered during the 1920s by Dr. F. Banting, C. Best, and J.J.R. Macleod at University of Toronto. With the creation of insulin, diabetes was no longer life-threatening. Millions of lives are saved due to the discovery and artificial creation of this hormone. Patients can now have a stable metabolism and live healthy lives. -
the Chinese Exclusion Act was an act the prevented virtually all entry of chineese immigrants for 24 years. There were only four exclusions to this rule, students, merchants, diplomats, and Canadian-born Chinese returning from education in china. This act was prevalent from 1923 till 1947. -
the Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF) was the Canadain airforce from 1924 to 1968. The RCAF helped to prevent smuggling along coasts, forest fires, and other hard-to-reach places. Although these planes had also been used for both military and civil affairs. -
A talkie is a cinema film made with sound, as opposed to silent films. after films with sound came out silent films became much less popular until there were almost no silent films at all. Since there were speaking roles in movies, many actors lost their jobs due to thick accents that the cinema thought didn't fit into their films. The first official movie with sound was "The Jazz Singer" which was released on Oct. 9th, 1927 -
The great depression was caused by many factors including, black Tuesday, over-expansion, and overuse of uneducated credit spending. the great depression remains the longest and most severe economic downturn in modern history. -
The Person’s Case was a case where the "famous five" a group of feminist women that fought for women to be considered "persons" which would allow them to work for change in both the House of Commons and the Senate. While the Canadian Senate decided women were not persons, the British Privy Council decided they were. with this decision, women would now be considered persons. -
Black Tuesday was the worst stock market crash in history. There were three main causes of this firstly the influx of new investors who were eager to participate, secondly the expectation that post-war “good times” were there to stay, and thirdly Declining confidence in the stability of the dollar. The stock market crash was also a large factor in the Great Depression which overtook the thirties. -
The Five Cent Speech was given by the prime minister at the start of the great depression; Makenzie King. King’s “Five Cent Speech” was a rant about King’s belief that the Canadian government should not have to give unemployment benefits to provincial governments in Canada under Conservative leadership. He ended his speech by saying he would not even give them a five-cent piece. -
New Deal
Prime Minister R. B. Bennett made promises to fix the economic crisis while running for office. People were angry at the government for the state of the economy. He made plans to establish unemployment/social insurance, limit work hours, set minimum wage, guarantee fair treatment of employees, and control prices to ensure fair profits. This was his new deal. However, the liberals came to power in the next election. -
World war II began near the end of the 1930s and started another period filled with tremendous death and pain. Throughout the 1930s, Adolf Hitler had been growing the German army and pulling Germany out of the Great Depression. WWII was first declared by Germany on Poland. This war raged on for 6 long years before the allies finally took out the nazis and japan in 1945.