Interwar Years (20's and 30's)

Question 1

Group of Seven

Answer 1

• Rejected realism
• Used bold strokes/heavy paints/contrast in their paintings
• Painted the Canadian North

Question 2

Foster Hewitt

Answer 2

Radio man known for the catchphrase “he shoots, he scores”

Question 3

Inventions

Answer 3

Car, commercial airplane, radio

Question 4

Pier 21

Answer 4

Port in Halifax that received immigrants

Question 5

Countries with high emigration to Canada

Answer 5

England, Poland, US, Scotland, Ireland

Question 6

Collective bargaining

Answer 6

The right for employees to collectively bargain with employers

Question 7

Cooperative Commonwealth Federation

Answer 7

Modern day NDP

Question 8

Agnes Macphail

Answer 8

First female MP

Question 9

Emily Murphy

Answer 9

First female judge in British Empire, part of the Famous Five

Question 10

Cairine Wilson

Answer 10

First female senator

Question 11

Balanced Budget

Answer 11

Expenditures & Revenues equal. Most popular before the Great Depression, with the exception of wartime economies.

Question 12

Market Economy

Answer 12

An economy which has individual producers determine prices and quantity of produced goods.

Question 13

New Deal

Answer 13

An economic policy Roosevelt promised in his election campaign that offered relief programs for the unemployed during the Depression

Question 14

Deficit Financing

Answer 14

Plan suggested by economist Keynes, which entailed government borrowing money to invest in the economy, leading to economic gains.

Question 15

Dole

Answer 15

Vouchers which could be exchanged for goods, and was a last resort form of public relief in Canada. Kept lower than the lowest paying jobs in order to discourage usage, but led to insufficient living standards.

Question 16

Pogey

Answer 16

Same as dole

Question 17

Unemployment Relief Camps

Answer 17

Camps that worked on public projects with minimal pay. They recruited single unemployed men, and the poor pay led to workers riding the rails in the on-to-ottawa trek.

Question 18

Dionne Quintuplets

Answer 18

The first quintuplets to be born who lived more than a few days. They became a national phenomenon as a temporary distraction from the Depression, and were raised for 9 years by the government, separated from their family. They were eventually returned after a legal battle.