Cold War Test Flashcards
when did canadians go into debt
1920
what is a share
a unit of ownership in a company and you buy shares on the stock market
what percent did people need to put down during Great Depression
10%
In what year did the economy start to slow down?
1929
what day is Black Tuesday?
October 29, 1929
what is Black Tuesday?
It’s the day that the stock market crashed in the New York Stock Exchange lost over half its value
were many Canadians employed during the Great Depression
No
in what years did the Canada’s international policies change towards the USA in Britain?
During the 1920s and 30s
Who took steps independence, including its role in World War I signing the treaty of Versailles
Canada
Who was arguing over a land in the Chanak affair?
Britain and Turkey
Why couldn’t Canada help Britain when they asked for assistance?
Because only a parliament could decide to send troops
What year was the halibut Trey?
1923
what was the halibut treaty?
it was between Canada and the US concerning halibut in the north Pacific Ocean
during the changing of the guard, who did Canadas political and exonomic trends shift away from and who did they move towards?
they shifted away from Britain towards the USA
what happened during the statue of West Minster? (1931)
Canada seems to be a colony of Britain and became a country of its own meaning British laws no longer applied to Canada in Canada has the right to make decisions in terms of external affairs
Who are the Biles Brothers?
Alfred Jackson, Biles and John William Biles began the business of Canadian tire in 1922
Who is Agnes McPhail?
she was the first woman elected into the house of comments
Who is Ted Rogers?
He’s the CEO and president of the Rogers company
Who is Armand bombardier
He created the snowmobile
Who are the group of seven?
Their famous landscape artist the original members were Lauren Harris, Franklin, Carmichael, AY Jackson, Frank, Johnston, Arthur Limer and JEH
Who is Bobby Rosenfeld?
He’s a Canadian track and field athlete who won gold for 100 m relay and silver and 100 m in Amsterdam 1928 Summer Olympics
where was the worst place to be during the depression?
The prairies
how much did wheat sell for in 1929
$1.60 a bushel
how much did wheat sell for in 1932
$1.38 a bushel
and what year did the economic condition approve and factory workers were hired again?
1933
Joe go back to 1927 but when was it very dry?
1931
when did grain cost $.35
1932
In 1933 drought returned and how long did it last
Five years
what were locusts
Millions of grasshoppers who thrived under drought conditions in 1931 clouds of insects blowed out the sun
how much tons of weight was produced in 1928
8,750,000
how many tons of weight was produced in 1937
920,000
1/4 of wheat farms abandoned during the ____
30’s
What year did the rain and grasshoppers come back?
1938
Who is Adolf Hitler?
Leader of Germany, leader of the fastest Nazi party and he was elected to power and then banned all the other political parties
Who was Benito Mussolini?
Fasco, dictator of Italy and an ally with Hitler
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
prime Minister of Britain and wanted to avoid war at all costs
who is winston churchill
did not trust hitler and one of the greatest wartime leaders
