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Person’s Case
the persons case underlined the inequality women still faced. Nellie McClung and four other women (the Famous 5) fought to give women the right to vote. The famous 5 were a group of suffragists that helped to give women the rights that they have today. -
prohibition
in 1918, the federal government introduced Prohibition, banning the production, inport, and transportation of liquor across the country. -
spanish flu
as soldiers returned home from the war, the country was struck with a terrible epidemic, that is spanish flu. soldiers carried the virus with them from overseas. the epidemic ravaged countries around the world. -
Xenophobia
canadian at that time really wanted british people to come to canada. during the war many canadians bad become more suspicious and less tolerant of foreigners and ethnic minorites. so the non-british, or foreigners were shut out. -
Winnipeg General Strike
winnipeg was a growing economic centre. a large number of immigrant workers had settled in the city. they wanted to improve working and living conditions. so on 1 may, the building and metal trades councils voted to go on strike.Within 3 days over 30,000 workers were on strike. they ask for 3 things:
1.decent wages (85 cents per hour)
2.an eight-hour day
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Bloody Saturday
a huge crowd gathered to watch a parade protesting the arrest of the stike leaders. and police shooted protesters. 1 killed, 30 injured. -
Group of Seven
at the turn of the century, art and especially painting was changing considerably. canadian artists, particularly members of the group of seven, were influenced by the impressionists. they also determined to create art that dealt with the canadian experience.they took their inspiration from the canadian landscape. -
Radio
Originally invented in the 1880s, Ted Rogers(Canadian) in 1925 invented a way of plugging the radio directly into household electrical current. in 1919, gulielmo marconi invented the first wireless radio. -
Flapper
a flapper was a young woman who dressed outrageously. in winter, they wore galoshes with buckles unfastened to create the greatest possible flap. hemlines rose above the knees and silk stockings were rolled down. long hair was cut and set in a short "bobbled" style. -
Jazz Age
Jazz music started in New Orleans (U.S.A.) among African Americans. The dance of this time was called the Charleston. -
Golden Age of Sports
the 1920s were also a golden age of sport in canada. many of the sports heroes of the decade were amateurs. canada's most famous male athlete of the first ha;f- century was Lionel Conacher. he piled up trophies and medals in wrestling, boxing, lacrosse, hockey. football and baseball. also this were a golden age of women's sports. the edmonton commercial grads dominated the world of women's basketball for over 20 years. -
insulin
in 1921, over a million people in north america had diabetes. and no one knew what caused the disease or how to treat it. in 1922, at the university of toronto, canadian medical researchers discovered a ground breaking treatment- insulin. frederick banting was given the major credit for the discovery. -
Foster Hewitt
one of the most famous sportscasters in canadian history called his first hockey game. his name was foster hewitt. in 1931, he broadcast his first hockey night in canada game. this time he was perched high in the gondola over the rink in maple leaf gardens. for almost 30 years, foster hewitt was hocky for thousands of canadians who tuned in to his radio broadcasts. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
this act banned all chinese except students, merchants, and diplomats from entering canada.from 1923 until the act was relealed in 1947, only 8 chinese people were admitted to canada. -
Model T and assembly line
Ford was the first car company in Canada. it set up an assembly line that ran from one end of a building to another to make cars.In 1924 a car, called the Ford Model T, could be purchased for $395.it was very famous. -
Talkies
Movies now had sound in the 1920s there were called talkies. but it did not arrive in canada until 1927. -
Causes of the Great Depression
the effects that causes the great depression.
1. Too much production
2. Canada depended on a few primary products
3. Canada needed the U.S.A. too much
4. High Tariffs
5. Too much credit buying
6. Too much credit buying of stocks -
Great Depression
at that time, canada was plunged into the great depression--the worst economic downturn the country has ever faced. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the day the stock market crashed on October 1929 was one of the most dramatic events signalling the Depression. many people who invested in the stock market lost everything in the crash. -
Residential Schools
to assimilate Native Peoples, the government decided to put them in residential schools. This began in the 1800’s and was run by churches. In these schools, they were forced to become Christians, and to forget their old languages and traditions. and children lived there had a bad environment. -
Five Cent Speech
The 5 cent speech was delivered to the Canadian public in the late 1920's. This is when Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie said he wouldn't give even a nickel of funding to Conservative provinces -
Relief
Relief was emergency financial assistance given to some of the unemployed to keep them from starving. -
Bennett Buggy
A Bennett buggy was a term used in Canada during the Great Depression to describe a car which had its engine and windows taken out and was pulled by a horse. -
Joseph Armand Bombardier
was the son of a prosperous farmer in valcourt, Quebec. because his son's death, he set out to work on developing a machine that would end the isolation of winter. finally he was granted a patent for his snowmobile, which was called the B7. it cost $7500 -
New Political Parties
in 1930s, people were frustrated and fed up by the lack of leadership, they protest parties sprang up in various regions of the country. people were looking for strong local leaders who understood the problems they faced in their own region. they also wanted dramatic action to deal with the problems of the Depression. so he new political parties appears. -
Bennett's New Deal
By 1935, Prime Minister R.B. Bennett knew that Canadians were growing increasingly angry with the government over the economy. So he introduced radical reforms. He wanted to establish unemployment and social insurance, set minimum wages, limit the hours of work, guarantee the fair treatment of employees, and control prices so that businesses could not make unfair profits. -
On-to-Ottawa Trek
The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a long journey where thousands of unemployed men protesting the dismal conditions in federal relief camps scattered in remote areas across Western Canada. (the men fed up with life in the British Colunmbia relief camps boarded freight trains bound for Ottawa.) -
CBC and CRBC and NFB
CBC: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. (1936)
CRBC: Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (1933)
NFB: National Film Board (1939)
