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Change, The dust bowl negatively changed the lives of many people in canada including farmers. Farmers had it worse out of everyone because their primary source of income was now completely destroyed. This meant farmers and their families were forced to adapt to a new way of life in a short period of time.
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The Dust Bowl began in 1929 in Canada's Prairies and continued into the 1930s. This wasn't a very good time for farmers at all. In the 1910s-1920s there was an increased demand for wheat, because of this farmers were forced to rapidly increase production. When the great depression hit in the 1930s, Wheat prices plummeted and farmers had no choice but to harvest more and more grass land to increase their crops in order to make a profit. -
By 1931 the land was over plowed and was no longer anchored to the earth causing large amounts of soil and dirt to blow off and make massive dust storms.
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The Great Depression was an extremely hard time for Canadians. Almost everyone had lost their jobs and were losing other things like furniture,cars, appliances and much more. Families were forced to stretch out their meals and save as much as possible.People who previously had money saved up in the banks were also in the exact same situation because the banks had used their money. No matter what people did they couldn't get there money back because there physically wasn't any to give. -
Schools and other activities were forced to close because people were so poor they couldn't pay their taxes. Finding work got so difficult young and single men were forced to leave their homes to find jobs elsewhere so that men with families could get the remaining jobs. Many people tried writing to the government to help with their problems and some got responses, some even received money to help out with their needs.
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Change, The Great Depression was a very big event in Canada's history and was extremely hard on Canadians. The Depression forced Canadians to adapt and change their entire ways of life. It mainly taught them how to live with the bare minimum.
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Continuity, World War 2 brought in a lot of new jobs and picked Canada's economy right back on its feet. World War 2 employment is continuity because almost all of the jobs that where made for World War 2 existed in the first world war and were just making a come back for the second World War.
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World war 2 was very good for Canada's economy especially coming out of a depression. With all the equipment needed for Canada's armed forces to go off to war, lots of jobs opened up and Canada's economy was quickly back on its feet. WWII really helped give jobs to almost everyone and people were once again able to thrive and support their families/ get out of poverty. -
In both the first and second world war women played big roles in keeping the economy steady as well as taking over jobs that men once occupied. During the second world war women could be found anywhere from hospitals to factories producing war goods.
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Although Women working again was a great thing and it was some what of a "step up" for women it still is Continuity. This is because in the first world war when women originally were given this "right to work" they had it taken away immediately after the war ended.
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In world war 2 the government ordered farmers to produce as much food as they could, as fast as they could in order to support the soldiers overseas. Because the farmers had to produce a significantly larger sum of food in a shorter period of time many women volunteered work on the farms, these women were called Farmettes -
The increase in food production doubled as both continuity and change. The farmers continued to produce food as per normal however the amount that they were producing was significantly higher because of how much needed to be sent overseas. Because of how much food they were producing the famers pay also changed significantly
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In fact, in 1943 approximately 261,000 women were involved in the production of war goods, making up for more than 30 percent of the aircraft industry as well as close to 50 percent of the employees in many gun plants. You could also find farmettes working on the farms in place of the sons and fathers who had gone off to war.
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During the second world war, for the first time Canadian women were allowed to serve in the Canadian Armed Forces. This was because Canada’s military was running out of man power and needed more people. On August 14th, 1941 the women's army corps was created. Around 50,000 women enlisted and over half of them served in the Canadian Army while the remaining women who enlisted were given other more “womanly duties”like secretarial duties, laundry, cooking etc.
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Women having the opportunity to join in the armed forces in world war 2 was a huge step for women in Canadian history, and made a big Change in how women were looked at in Canada's society after the war ended.
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On July 2nd, 1941 the Royal Canadian Air Force women's division was invented and on October 1st, 1942 the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS or "Wrens") which was an element of the Royal Canadian Navy was invented. This was a big change for women from the previous war. In world war one many women were given the opportunity to work and now they were given the opportunity to serve their country!
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