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Where was the dust bowl?
Colorado,Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba,
When was the dust bowl in the US?
1932-1939
What were dust storms like during the dust bowl?
- shut off all light
- engulfed whole towns
- got in eyes, mouth, lungs
- winds blew continuously
- heavy dust everywhere
What were farming conditions like out west before 1932 in the US?
1931 had record breaking crop 1000s of eager settlers -rich soil -lots of eager investors -wheat prices during WWI were at their highest
What farming practices led to the dust bowl?
- raked land to get everything possible out
- plowed country they shouldn’t have
- dry farming
- not keeping fallow
How many acres could be plowed by tractors in a day in 1920s?
50
What happened to farm land when the dust storms came?
- 1000s of years worth or rich topsoil blown away
- began to resemble WWI battlefields
- static electricity killed anything left
How many acres were ruined by dust storms?
100 million
How many dust storms occurred in 1932 and 1933 in the US?
32: 19
33: 38
Became increasingly frequent
How did people try to tolerate the dust storms?
- hung wet sheets in windows
- stuffed window panes
- windmills provided drinking water from wells
What did red, black, and grey sand mean?
Red: Oklahoma
Black: Kansas
Grey: Colorado, New Mexico
How were people affected by the dust bowl?
- became depressed
- began to starve
- abandoned farms, looked for work in the cities
- banks repossessed houses
- liquidated savings
- lost young children
- 1000s died of pneumonia
What other threat accompanied the dust bowl in the US in 1936?
- little bit of rain, crops were planted
- 40 000 jack rabbits came from hills and ate everything
- farmers club rabbits to death
What year in Canada saw the highest prices and a bumper crop?
1928, just before dust bowl
When did Canada declare a state of emergency regarding the dust bowl?
1931
What relief efforts occurred in Canada for the dust bowl?
- people went to train depos to get dried goods
- only given what scientifically required to keep you alive
- always the same food
- provinces sent donations of food en mass
- used any container than could be pushed to transport them
- like Christmas
What were locust swarms like during the dust bowl?
- everything covered 1-2” thick
- black cloud
- ate everything, even clothes on the line
What ratio of people of Saskatchewan had to line up for aid during the dust bowl?
2/3
What was the net farming income in 1928 and 1933?
28: $368 million
33: $11 million
How much were relief costs for the dust bowl in Saskatchewan?
- $62 million
- higher than revenues
How many people left their farms 1931-1941?
250 000
What did the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations (dust bowl) find?
- Great depression was worst in Saskatchewan
- Sask. economically vulnerable
- lack of trade and high tariffs hurt Sask. export based economy
What political party was started in the late 1930s and what did they stand for?
- Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)
- protection for farms
- supported organized labour
- demanded insurance programs
- demanded equal opportunities for all
What changes did the dust bowl produce?
- healthier farming practices
- gave rise to political change
- people demanded stronger voice
- provinces expected help from government during hard times
What was the unemployment rate in 1929, Oct. 1929, 1933?
1%, 10%, 20%
What year during the depression does the Canadian government start stepping in with aid?
1932
During the depression, what percent of people were living below the poverty line?
56%
What were wages like for the average man before and after the depression?
$900/year to $300/year
What percent of people were earning over $1500/year during the depression?
20+%
What was the price of bread before and after the depression?
35 cents to 5 cents
Draw a bust economic cycle
Reduced demand for products, manufactures decrease production or cut back expenditures, Employees laid off or incomes rolled back. About 30%, general population has less money, buy less products because income in unreliable
What is the “protestec work ethic”?
- if you work hard you will be successful
- there were “deserving poor” and undeserving
Who was PM Bennett?
- elected in 1930
- self made millionaire
- people thought he would fix the economy
- most hated prime minister
- decided to cut government spending
- didn’t want to give out charity
- set up dole
How often was the dole given out?
Every two weeks
What were the rules to qualify for the dole?
- Prove not able to support yourself and have no relative who could
- Be a man supporting a family
- Had to be a resident of municipality for one year
- Turn in liquour license
- Turn in automobile license
- Remove telephone for house
- Register at unemployment office to show willingness to work
- Work on municipal projects from time to time
- Allow relief office investigators to inspect at any time
When were the Dionne Quintuplets born?
1934
What was the Dionne family like?
- typical depression family
- Oliva (father) more well off than most. Had a truck, not in debt
- Elzire (mother)
- Lived near North Bay in Callander
- Already had 5 children
- French Canadian
What were the first 5 Dionne children?
Daniel, Pauline, Ernest, Rose, Therese
What happens during the birth of the Dionne quints?
- babies less than two pounds
- Dr. Defoe called
- three already born when he gets there
- put the babies in a roasting pan when they were born
What was so amazing about the Dionne Quints?
-first all identical quintuplets to survive naturally born
What media attention did the Quints get?
Always in a newspaper somewhere for the first 10 years of their life
What happens to the Quints shortly after they are born?
- Dr. Defoe brings in nurses to help with feeding
- Oliva approached by World’s Fair
- offers to pay $1 million to display quints for one day
- Goes to his priest
- says yes, could give children their best
- Dr. Defoe goes to judge and MP to get injunction put on parents
Describe Quintland
- 100 000 people come to see Quints monthly
- in North Bay
- first paved roads to there
- people come from all places
- children given specific schedule for playing
- people watched through one way glass
- souvenir shop, restaurants
- around the clock nurses
How does Oliva fight the government’s injunction?
- 8 years of court battles
- doesn’t have the money to take government to court
- opens “Oliva Dionne Souvenir Shop”
- sells stuff he had
- government forbids him
What was life like for the Dionne girls?
- not raised with siblings
- children given specific schedule for playing
- not allowed things like pets
- traveled, did public speaking
- stared in movies as themselves
When were the Quints reunited with their parents and what happens?
- They are 9 years old
- other children alienated
- period of reclusivness
How much tourism do the Quints generate?
$350 million
What was the trust fund the gov. set up for the Quints?
- $15 million
- used to maintain Quintland, shouldn’t have been
- at age 21 each girl receives only $119 000
How do the Quints feel about their childhood?
Yvonne: Would have rather have had a normal childhood
What were the names of the Dionne Quintuplets?
Emilie, Annette, Marie, Cecile, Yvonne
What were the Quints lives like as adults?
- left home at 18
- 3 married, 10 children total, all divorced
- 1954: Emilie died
- 1970: Marie died
What did a reporter discover in 1982, leading to what?
- Cecile, Annette, and Yvonne living off $700 pension
- 1994: Petitioned government for compensation
- 1998: Gov. offers $2000/month if they don’t speak publicly
- Took story to media
- Given settlement of $4 million
What letter did Annette, Cecile, and Yvonne send in 1997?
To McCaughey family, first septuplets born. Warned them to beware of exploiting their children
Who attended the Treaty of Versailles in France?
- 32 victorious countries
- Canada invented although not a country yet
- main decisions by Britain, France, and US
- Russia not there. Having a civil war
What did the US want from the Treaty of Versailles?
- lasting peace
- fair treatment
- free trade and disarmament
- set up League of Nations to settle future disputes
What did Britain want from the Treaty of Versailles?
- wanted Germany to pay
- feared that a harsh treaty would cause Germany to seek revenge
What did France want from the Treaty of Versailles?
- avoid another war
- Germany should pay for damages
- wanted Germany to be too weak to attack again
How did the Treaty of Versailles change the map of Europe?
- Poland created
- Polish corridor takes away Germany’s command of the sea, including the independent port city of Danzing
- Germany separated. Includes east Prussia
- Germany becomes smaller
- Czechoslovakia created
- Belgium bigger
- Saar Valley (coal) to France for 15 years
- Demilitarized zone created in Alsaace Lorraine
What was Clause 231 in the Versailles treaty?
“War Guilt Clause” Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting the war
What other restrictions were placed on Germany due to the Treaty of Versailles?
- pay full reparations for damage
- no air force or tanks
- army reduced to 100 000
- German colonies taken away
- only allowed 6 naval ships and no submarines
What happens in Germany after the Treaty of Versailles?
Economic depression
What was Germany’s worst year?
1923
What is inflation?
Money in circulation equal to the amount of gold in the bank. If you print more money, it’s worth less. Price of everything goes up