2nd history test 20s and 30s Flashcards
Explain how the new technology of the 1920’s (i.e. automobile, airplanes, radio, electric appliances) had a positive impact on Canadians.
The Ford Auto mobile gives a sense of freedom and leisure. Radio brought social and political discussion and debate into Canadian homes, merging public and private spaces to engage a wide cross-section of Canadians. Canadians now had more time to spend with their family and have interesting discussions and entertainment than just talking about their day.
Who were the “Famous Five?”
They are a suffragist group made up of five Albertan women by the names of Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise Crummy McKinney and Irene Parlby. They won the person’s case for women to be considered a person in canada.
What was the “Person’s Case” and what did it accomplish?
a famous Canadian constitutional case that decided in 1929 that women were eligible to sit in the Senate of Canada.
What was a “flapper”? How did they look or act different from the women of WWI?
Flappers were young women who got a taste of independence during the war and found they didn’t want to define themselves through marriage and motherhood. The ‘flapper’ dressed with looser clothings not showing their silohoute.
Why were the 1920s considered “Roaring”? List three (3) reasons.
The Roaring Twenties are called “roaring” because of the cheerful, care free, popular culture of the decade. The Roaring Twenties was a time when many people defied Prohibition, indulged in new styles of dancing and dressing, and rejected many traditional moral standards. The economy was at a high and most people are comfortable. People at the time thought this kind of luxurious life would last forever this wasn’t the case for most of the world.
what is the Statute of Westminster (1931)
The Statute of Westminster 1931 is the document that let Canada have full control over their government.
Briefly outline and explain the five (5) underlying causes of the Great Depression.
Remember by HUDSON (N=Credit)
H igh tariffs choked of international trade
- Europe was recovering from the war and were in heavy debt
- Canada placed taxes on foreign goods to force Canadian to buy Canadian products
- PROBLEM: trade between nation began too slow.
U sa and Canada’s closely linked economy
- We traded a lot with America. They bought 65% and they bought 40% PROBLEM- when America economy crashed our followed
D ependence on Canada’s primary resources (like wheat) - PROBLEM: Wheat growing competition from other countries, droughts in western Canada, people are out of jobs
S tocks were bought with loans, and credit to get rich fast - PROBLEM: Many families got themselves hopelessly into debt with credit buying
6. Buying Stocks
O ver production and over expansion with no product sells and laid off workers. - We are making to many supplies and stick them in warehouses - They couldn’t sell them - Therefore, work slows down, workers are laid off and companies lose money
N o money to pay back credit that was used to ‘buy now, pay later’ - Stock market goes up they could pay back their stockbroker and pocket the profits
- PROBLEM: October 1929, the value of stocks dropped more than 50 percent . Share holders lost millions and investors were wiped out
- Banks had no money
EXTRA has too much optimism about the future. Canadians thought the boom would last forever so they spent their money and invested all their money
Explain the two (2) direct causes of the Great Depression.
- drought in the prairies
- 1929 a drought hit the prairies lasting 10 years became a desert
- Lack of rain and over farming, high temperatures and plagues and locust and grasshoppers
- Farmers were devastated left their farms and had to search for work in the cities
- we had too much wheat we couldn’t sell because of cheaper wheat competition around the world - Stock market crash
- The collapse of the stock market - > Black Tuesday Buying on margin - could pay 10% and the remaining 90% was borrowed on credit
- overinflated and time to sell stocks
- Thousand of share holders panicked and sold
- companies that over produced went bankrupts
- lost their cars, houses, and appliances. because they had to put up collateral to pay back for their loans, credit use
Why were the 1920’s referred to as the “Golden Age of Sport?”
The 1920’s were considered The Golden Age of Sport because it was the beginning of high level competitive sport and tremendous athletes began to emerge in every sport. Previous to this time, it was a magnificent time for men sports, but the opposite was true for women.
Why did Prohibition occur in Canada?
Because of the temperance movement. The women at the time believed that men were being lazy and not taking care of their families because of alcohol and they believed if they’d banned alcohol that these issues would go away.
Why were the 1930s nicknamed the “Dirty Thirties”? List three (3) reasons:
The decade became known as the Dirty Thirties due to a crippling drought in the Prairies, as well as Canada’s dependence on raw material and farm exports. Widespread losses of jobs and savings transformed the country. The Depression triggered the birth of social welfare and the rise of populist political movements.
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Why was radio important during the 1920s and 1930s? What was the CRBC?
- Brings people together
- CRBC- Canadian radio station now known as CBC
- Frist aired in 1929
- Connected people in the west and east coast or in the far north connect with the southern part
Explain what is meant by the term “Riding the Rails”
Riding the Rails during the Great Depression. Riding the Rails. Many people forced off the farm heard about work hundreds of miles away … or even half a continent away. Often the only way they could get there was by hopping on freight trains, illegally.
List three (3) complaints of relief camps.
- The food is bad · 2. Low payments 20 cents for 8 hours a day, and 4 hours on Saturdays · 3. conditions were severe worse then military
Grievances about the camp system were numerous, from the poor quality food, the lack of leisure facilities (bathrooms and showers), and that the men were only paid twenty cents per day. Complaints came from both internal and external sources.
What was the “On-To-Ottawa Trek”?
Men that were feed up with the bad conditions in the relief work camps and went on strike
Police, PM Bennett thought that they were
breaking the law and plotting to overthrow his
government
A riot broke out, dozens were injured, one killed
Their complaints fell on unconcerned ears in the
government
