1920s Flashcards
New Appliances (and what it has in common?)
- Electric Stove / Oven
- Toaster
- Washing Machine
- Radio
- Electric Iron
- Fridge
All have electricity!
Big 3 Items
- Cars: More roads/parking/gas stations built, allowing for expansion of city
- Radios: Brought people together and allowed for spreading of messages (like propaganda or news)
- Telephone
Forms of entertainment
- Radio: Hockey Night In Canada by Foster Hewitt
- Movie: 20s was silent Era. Low cost, exaggerated actions, occasional captions. 1927 was the first “talkie” movie. All Jolson in Jazz Singer is a popular example.
- Sports: Canada’s golden age of sports. The Canadian Bluenose (on the dime) beat an American ship and won International Fisherman’s Trophy.
- Music: Jazz was popular.
- Speakeasies: Drinking, gambling, smoking, dancing
Prohibition
- Women wanted prohibition (ban on the production and sale of alcohol)
- By 1917, all provinces except Quebec were under prohibitions
- (A lot of) Bootleggers: People who made and sold alcohol illegally
- Benefits: Crime rate dropped, expensive to make (for bootleggers), domestic violence down
Economy (Major Sectors)
Wheat, Pulp and paper, Power (Hydroelectricity), Mining
Places in Canada where the economy was affected
Praires: Decrease in demand of wheat, so lots of farmers lost their jobs and farms. United Farmers of Alberta formed the Alberta Wheat Pool to help them sell
Maritimes: Lots of Maritime people emigrate to the U.S. due to Maritimes’ economy depending on coal/steel/fish which was not in demand there
Ontario and Quebec: Places that had the most prosperity as people moved from rural to urban areas
Shareholder, share/stocks, dividend
Shareholder: Companies that make ordinary people their shareholders (to hold a share)
Each share (also called stock) gives the owner of that share a piece of the business
A dividend is when shareholders received a portion of the company’s profit
