2 20's and 30's

Question 1

Inflation

Answer 1

A currency decreasing in value relative to the cost of living

Question 2

Suffrage

Answer 2

The right to vote. Women did not have it until the late ’10s

Question 3

Alberta Five

Answer 3

The five women who were dedicated to winning the person’s case

Question 4

Emily Murphy

Answer 4

The leading player in the persons’ case and the first woman to become a lawyer in Canada.

Question 5

The Indian Act

Answer 5

With the overall goal of assimilation. Determined who was a “Status Indian” and who would therefore earn special benefits. Also established the reserve system

Question 6

Winnipeg General Strike

Answer 6

Huge strike in Winnipeg in 1919 seeking the right to collective bargain as well as better working conditions overall

Question 7

Bloody Saturday

Answer 7

The government attacked a silent protest against the arrested leaders of the Winnipeg General Strike.

Question 8

Reserves

Answer 8

Specially designated areas of land the government let Indigenous people live on and govern themselves, supposedly. They became dependent on the government

Question 9

Assimilation

Answer 9

The goal of slowly merging Indigenous people into the supposedly superior British Canadian culture

Question 10

Duncan Scott

Answer 10

The primary architect of the residential school system. First head of the department of Indian affairs, believed in assimilation through education

Question 11

Push and Pull Factors

Answer 11

Push factors convince someone to leave their country of residence, while pull factors draw an immigrant to a specific country

Question 12

Flappers

Answer 12

Women embracing the latest trends and social changes, going out for leisure dances, movies, etc. Drank and smoke in public, dressed less conservatively

Question 13

Drugstore Cowboys

Answer 13

Men embracing the latest trends and social changes, going out for leisure dances, movies, etc, drinking and smoking in public

Question 14

Group of Seven

Answer 14

Seven painters who painted landscapes of Canada, expressing their feelings about Canadian nature

Question 15

Emily Carr

Answer 15

Canadian Artist who painted landscapes with a special focus on Indigenous. Influenced and accompanied by the Group of Seven but not an actual member.

Question 16

Fad

Answer 16

A short-lived trend without attention to the thing’s actual qualities (stanley cups)

Question 17

Laissez-faire capitalism

Answer 17

Capitalism without government regulation

Question 18

Borrowing/Buying on Credit

Answer 18

Buying stocks or investing using money you don’t actually own, typically that lent to you by a bank. Because of laissez-faire capitalism, the banks can set whatever penalties they want for not paying back a loan.

Question 19

Black Tuesday

Answer 19

Ultimate stock market crash

Question 20

Tariffs

Answer 20

Taxes placed on imported goods

Question 21

Rationing

Answer 21

Regulating the usage of something to make it last longer.

Question 22

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Answer 22

Liberal Candidate who lost during the 1930 election. Won in 1935 because nobody trusted Bennet anymore.

Question 23

RB Bennet

Answer 23

Winning Conservative Candidate in the 1930 election. He was responsible for relief camps, high tariffs, and terrible unemployment insurance and so was basically useless overall.

Question 24

FDR

Answer 24

Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Gave RB Bennet the idea for the New Deal, which Mackenzie was the one to actually implement.N

Question 25

New Deal

Answer 25

8 hour work day, minimum wage, employment insurance. Nobody trusted Bennett so this failed and Mackenzie King was elected in 1935.

Question 26

On-to-Ottawa trek

Answer 26

A bunch of men from relief camps in Western Canada climbed on top of trains to ride them to Ottawa and protest RB Bennet’s harsh conditions and poor wages. Eventually the government told them to climb off and only a few were to continue to Ottawa. Bennet denied their requests, calling them communists.

Question 27

Regina Riot

Answer 27

All the On-To-Ottawa trekkers who had gotten off the train eventually heard the news from those who continued. When they heard their requests for better conditions had been denied, they started a riot. The police were called and violence ensued before the Trekkers returned home having gained nothing.

Question 28

Relief Camps

Answer 28

Bennet sent young men to these camps, often in Western Canada, to do some odd work in the hopes it would earn them some money. They actually had long hours and terrible conditions, ultimately ineffective.

Question 29

Imperial Conferences

Answer 29

Conferences between Britain and all its colonies. The 1926 one involved the Balfour Report which argued all Commonwealth countries were constitutionally equal.

Question 30

Halibut Treaty

Answer 30

The US and Canada signed a treaty to protect fishing waters in the Pacific. For the first time ever, Canada signed a treaty without Britain.

Question 31

Chanak Affair

Answer 31

When Turkish Nationalists began forcing Greek and British troops out of the country, Britain wanted Canada to send troops to Turkey to fight, but Canada refused. This shows increased independence

Question 32

King-Byng Crisis

Answer 32

Mackenzie King wanted a new election, but British governor general Byng said no. This was the last time the PM was ever disregarded by a government official.

Question 33

Statute of Westminster

Answer 33

Declared all Commonwealth countries constitutionally equal and gave them power over their international affairs.

Question 34

The Person’s Case

Answer 34

Women were technically not considered “persons” by Canadian law. The Alberta 5 went to Canadian parliament to get this changed, but they were denied. So they instead took the issue to the Privy Court of England and were approved.