Midterm Review: 1920's Flashcards
Winnipeg General Strike
Caused by bad working conditions due to bad economy resulted of World War I.
Agnes Macphail
1 out of 5 women who ran for office (federal election) in 1921
Prohibition
banned manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in Canada
Chanak Crisis
Turkish violated treaty of Versailles; possibility of war; Canada wasn’t automatically at war
Halibut Treaty
Canadian-American fishing in North Pacific ocean; didn’t involve British
Imperial Conference of 1926
dominions of British Empire required freedom to govern themselves (autonomy)
Balfour Report
Lord Balfour (British Politician) supports dominions’ position;
King/Byng Crisis
Liberal needed Progressive Party’s support; PP smuggling (scandal) -> Byng refuse another election. King won; nobody act against PM!
Old Age Pension Act
$20/month 70+ (20years Canadian Citizen)
Persons’ Case
Emily Murphy- suffragist challenged supreme court of Canada for women to be seen as “persons”
Emily Murphy
Leader of Famous Five
Carine Wilson
Canada’s first female senator
Famous Five
Emily Murphy Irene Parlby Nellie McClung Louise McKinney Henrietta Muir Edwards
Socialism
co-operate; everyone does his fair share of the work and gets his fair share of the provisions
Communism
No single person of small grouped of people who rule the others
One Big Union (OBU)
Represented all Canadian workers
Collective bargaining
Allow union leadership to negotiate with employers on behalf of Union members
J.S. Woodsworth
Social reformer; founder of Cooperative Commonwealth Federation aka New Democratic Party
Regionalism
Form an economic community with each other, often to break down trade barriers, promoting free trade between them.
Progressive Party
Farmers in western Canada at the time was free trade with the United States
Minority government
Formed when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament
Arthur Meighen
debater; Parliament member -> replace Borden as leader of conservatives: Belief- Principles over compromise & IDGAF
W.L.M King
PM; Liberals 1919 -> Social and economic issues (conciliatory; seeks path that offends least ppl)
Statute of Westminster 1931
British Parliament which changed the Empire to a Commonwealth where the Dominions were equal to Britain
British Commonwealth
Group of allied nations who share cultural exchanges, economic partnerships and other mutually beneficial treaties (Good buddies :)
Branch plant
Businesses owned and controlled by companies in US/ operated in Canada
Stock Market Crash
1929; caused great depression
Autonomy
Freedom to govern themselves
Emily Carr
Group of Sevens; Canadian painter
Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned Chinese from entering Canada
Potlach challenge
Indian Act Aboriginals pursued land claims-> jailed
Economic trends during the ‘20’s
Automobile, city center, radios, etc
Business cycle
Prosperity :) -> Recession :( -> Depression D: -> Recovery :|
Tariffs
Tax placed on imported goods
Recession
rates are changing/ fluctuating for the worst
Recovery
rates are changing/ fluctuating for the better
Prosperity
all rates are stabled at high points (high employment & profit)
Deficit
shortage
Inflation
rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy
Supply and demand
economic model of price determination in a market
Isolationism
Raise tariffs (People buy things from Canada and not US)
Collective Security
Security arrangement, regional global; cooperate collectively to provide security for all by the actions of all against any states
Overproduction
Farmers produce more goods than needed; selling for less (war demands)
Buying on margin
borrow money to invest
Plebiscite
votes on a public issue;adopted government-controlled liquor outlets
Urbanization
Growing manufacturing sector; city dwellers -> Modern day city (POLLUTION!)
Aboriginal Title
land claims
Cut off lands
federal government take land from reserves without consent of the Aboriginal bands
Ku Klux Klan
The KKK illegal and desperate measures keep the purity of the Anglo-Sayon race; I H8 BLAQ PPL
Cape Breton Strikes
Coal strike
Primary industry
mining and lumber
Secondary industry
Manufacturing and construction industries
Judicial Committee of Privy Council
Final appeal court
Henry Ford and the Model T
Assembly line every 3 minutes; all identical and cost less than $300
