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Artur meighen
ninth prime minister July 1920-1921 dec and agin July to sept 1926
Flapper
A fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself
Socialist parties like the co- operative commonwealth federation and social credit party
The ccf was founded in Calgary 1932 to help the Canadians effected by the Great Depression
Eatons catalogue
Mail Oder catalog one of the first in retails stores 1884-1976
Radio
Was a luxury and was very wanted
Immigration act of 1919
Widespread of fear communism and suspect ion of enemy aliens immigrants
High tariffs
After the war Canada had spent lots of money on they needed money so that’s when taxes were made and were high
Prosperity certificate
Social credit party created it
Jazz
Music made people forget the bad things during this time when people danced
Residential schools
Government sponsored schools were indigenous kids went to be changed into euro canadain culture
Woman working outside the home in 1920
When war was over the woman that husbands died needed to make money so they needed to get a job
Jobs for men vs. woman in 1920
Woman worked in cigarettes and cigars company’s and clothing for woman and boys
Stock market terms
When someone buys more of a stock as the price goes down
The famous 5
The woman changed it so woman could vote, be people, be involved in the government, do jobs men are always doing
Cause 1 of the depression
Over-production and over expansion
To many goods made, products like newspaper,clothing, radios
This helped cause the Great Depression because many people got laid off, people weren’t buying it cause they already had one or couldn’t afford one
