History Unit 2: Mackenzie King

Question 1

Who was Mackenzie King

Answer 1

• held power from 1921 to 1948
• led Canada through:
  1. Period after WW1 and the roaring twenties
  2. The Great Depression
  3. The Second World War

Question 2

What did Mackenzie King introduce

Answer 2

• federal old age pension
• federal unemployment insurance
• federal family allowances

Question 3

What is a federal family allowance

Answer 3

• federal plan where the government provides a sum of money to mothers to help feed and clothe their children

Question 4

What is federal unemployment insurance

Answer 4

A federal government plan which pays a weekly sum of money to an unemployed worker

Question 5

What also was Mackenzie King

Answer 5

• a spiritualist (thought he could communicate with the dead)
• had special relationship with his dogs had three all named pat
• believed in numerology ( hidden magical significant of numbers)