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Midterm Review: 1920's Flashcards

1
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Winnipeg General Strike

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Caused by bad working conditions due to bad economy resulted of World War I.

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Agnes Macphail

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1 out of 5 women who ran for office (federal election) in 1921

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Prohibition

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banned manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in Canada

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Chanak Crisis

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Turkish violated treaty of Versailles; possibility of war; Canada wasn’t automatically at war

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Halibut Treaty

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Canadian-American fishing in North Pacific ocean; didn’t involve British

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Imperial Conference of 1926

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dominions of British Empire required freedom to govern themselves (autonomy)

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Balfour Report

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Lord Balfour (British Politician) supports dominions’ position;

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King/Byng Crisis

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Liberal needed Progressive Party’s support; PP smuggling (scandal) -> Byng refuse another election. King won; nobody act against PM!

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Old Age Pension Act

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$20/month 70+ (20years Canadian Citizen)

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Persons’ Case

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Emily Murphy- suffragist challenged supreme court of Canada for women to be seen as “persons”

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Emily Murphy

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Leader of Famous Five

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Carine Wilson

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Canada’s first female senator

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Famous Five

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Emily Murphy
Irene Parlby
Nellie McClung
Louise McKinney
Henrietta Muir Edwards
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Socialism

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co-operate; everyone does his fair share of the work and gets his fair share of the provisions

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Communism

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No single person of small grouped of people who rule the others

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One Big Union (OBU)

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Represented all Canadian workers

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Collective bargaining

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Allow union leadership to negotiate with employers on behalf of Union members

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J.S. Woodsworth

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Social reformer; founder of Cooperative Commonwealth Federation aka New Democratic Party

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Regionalism

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Form an economic community with each other, often to break down trade barriers, promoting free trade between them.

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Progressive Party

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Farmers in western Canada at the time was free trade with the United States

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Minority government

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Formed when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament

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22
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Arthur Meighen

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debater; Parliament member -> replace Borden as leader of conservatives: Belief- Principles over compromise & IDGAF

23
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W.L.M King

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PM; Liberals 1919 -> Social and economic issues (conciliatory; seeks path that offends least ppl)

24
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Statute of Westminster 1931

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British Parliament which changed the Empire to a Commonwealth where the Dominions were equal to Britain

25
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British Commonwealth

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Group of allied nations who share cultural exchanges, economic partnerships and other mutually beneficial treaties (Good buddies :)

26
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Branch plant

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Businesses owned and controlled by companies in US/ operated in Canada

27
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Stock Market Crash

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1929; caused great depression

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Autonomy

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Freedom to govern themselves

29
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Emily Carr

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Group of Sevens; Canadian painter

30
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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Banned Chinese from entering Canada

31
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Potlach challenge

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Indian Act Aboriginals pursued land claims-> jailed

32
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Economic trends during the ‘20’s

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Automobile, city center, radios, etc

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Business cycle

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Prosperity :) -> Recession :( -> Depression D: -> Recovery :|

34
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Tariffs

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Tax placed on imported goods

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Recession

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rates are changing/ fluctuating for the worst

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Recovery

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rates are changing/ fluctuating for the better

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Prosperity

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all rates are stabled at high points (high employment & profit)

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Deficit

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shortage

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Inflation

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rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy

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Supply and demand

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economic model of price determination in a market

41
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Isolationism

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Raise tariffs (People buy things from Canada and not US)

42
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Collective Security

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Security arrangement, regional global; cooperate collectively to provide security for all by the actions of all against any states

43
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Overproduction

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Farmers produce more goods than needed; selling for less (war demands)

44
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Buying on margin

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borrow money to invest

45
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Plebiscite

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votes on a public issue;adopted government-controlled liquor outlets

46
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Urbanization

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Growing manufacturing sector; city dwellers -> Modern day city (POLLUTION!)

47
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Aboriginal Title

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land claims

48
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Cut off lands

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federal government take land from reserves without consent of the Aboriginal bands

49
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Ku Klux Klan

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The KKK illegal and desperate measures keep the purity of the Anglo-Sayon race; I H8 BLAQ PPL

50
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Cape Breton Strikes

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Coal strike

51
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Primary industry

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mining and lumber

52
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Secondary industry

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Manufacturing and construction industries

53
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Judicial Committee of Privy Council

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Final appeal court

54
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Henry Ford and the Model T

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Assembly line every 3 minutes; all identical and cost less than $300

Socials 11: Midterm Review (7 decks)

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