interwar - canadian growth

Question 1

1918 spanish flu

Answer 1

30000-50000 canadians killed by “the silent enemy” (20 million minimum world wide)
in response canada establishes a department of health

Question 2

prohibition 1915-1920s

Answer 2

the womens christian temperance union successfully lobbies the government to ban the sale of alcohol
the government used the war measures act to stop the sales but in 1919 ;provinces began to lift the ban as the WMA was no longer in effect

Question 3

1916 the allied tribes

Answer 3

1916 allied tribes of british columbia was founded with the goal of negotiating outstanding land claims

Question 4

Bill 14

Answer 4

calls for the enfranchisement of all aboriginal war veterans
right to vote

Question 5

1930 government reaction to aboriginal tribe movement

Answer 5

government stifles(smothers) it

Question 6

1920 sees what of aboriginal children

Answer 6

mandatory attendance aged 7-15 passed into law

Question 7

1934 dionne quintuplets

Answer 7

the ontario government takes control of the childrens welfare
the state care is deemed the best care
the children rarely see their family but do generate a significant tourist trade
the national debate that arises out of the incident is what role should the government play in a persons daily life
they were put behind glass on display

Question 8

1926 the pension act

Answer 8

$240 a year for british subjects that are over 70 years old and having lived in canada for at least 20 years

means tests + income of over $365 a year = inelligable
an immigrant could not make this

Question 9

Art Flourishing

Answer 9

the group of seven begin applying modern artistic techniques while painting the canadian landscape
emily carr was a member

Question 10

emily carr and art

Answer 10

she explored the wilds of the west coast and follows the break of traditional realist landscape paintings

Question 11

Canadina broadcasting cooperation 1929

Answer 11

created to ensure a canadian content in infancy of radio
saturday night hockey night
to counteract american influence

Question 12

Foster hewitt

Answer 12

emerges as the voice of hockey night in canada and coins the line
he shoots he scores

Question 13

Immigration 1915-1925

Answer 13

400,000 canadians leave for europe and the US

for economic reasons

Question 14

Pier 21

Answer 14

in halifax
becomes the main port of entry for europeans to head to the prairies 
customs officers overwhelmed 
anglicized names
last names were changed or lost

Question 15

Canadian unions political ideologies

Answer 15

the worlds first communist state(USSR 1917) gave canadian unions a new appeal as workers became infected by communist ideology
governments all over the world began clamping down on union organizations

Question 16

1919 radical leaders wanted to creat

Answer 16

one big union (OBU)

Question 17

the OBU demanded what

Answer 17

better wages
legal recognition of the union
a six hour workday and a five day work week
a repeal of government restrictions on labour origination(unions)
by 1920 the OBU had 50,000 members

Question 18

winnipeg strike city council vote

Answer 18

1918 the winnipeg city council votes to outlaw the right to strike for civic employees
employees walk of the job and the council back down
strike was illegal at the time

Question 19

the winnipeg general strike 1919

bloody sunday

Answer 19

a small grievance over wages in the winnipeg metal workers boils over into a general strike
winnipeg is shut down as 30,000 workers join in a general strike to show solidarity

telephone operators walk off first

Question 20

soldiers returned home to what?

Answer 20

no jobs

many were unemployed

Question 21

the government reaction to winnipeg general strike

Answer 21

the federal and provincial government as well as the business community saw this as the lead up to a communist revolution

Question 22

Bloody saturday june 21 1919

Answer 22

angry strikers and ex-servicemen gather in winnipeg to protest the governments strong arm treatments of unions
a police horse falls and it was thought to be shot - police open fire on the crowd - it turns into a riot
police fire into the crowd killing 2 people and injuring 20
they turn over a tram that was driving near the crowd

by nightfall the strike was over and workers return to work
strikers who were arrested did NOT get a trial

Question 23

Strikes developing in Canada

Answer 23

although strikes would continue in canada, the government saw the need to negotiate with the individual unions to avoid general strikes
canada would continue to use strikebreakers to intimidate unions into the 1960s