Roaring 20's (Quiz 2)

Question 1

Collective Bargaining

Answer 1

Negotiations by representatives of a group of an employees, often a labour union, pertaining to conditions of employment.

Question 2

Winnipeg General Strike

Answer 2

Canada’s best known and influential general strike. It was a strike that happened in Winnipeg on May 15th to June 25th 1919.

Question 3

One Big Union

Answer 3

A Canadian trade union formed at the western labour conference in March 1919 by union leaders from Western Canada. It would represent all Canadian workers and aim to gain more control over the industry and government peacefully.

Question 4

King/Byng crisis

Answer 4

A situation that occurred in 1926 when Governor General Byng refused prime minister kings request to dissolve parliament and call an election. This was the first time a governor had outright denied a prime minister’s request.

Question 5

Chanak Crisis

Answer 5

The First time the Canadian government did not immediately help the British military- the Canadian government’s refusal in 1922 lead by King to support British Troops defending the Turkish part of Chanak.

Question 6

Halibut treaty

Answer 6

A 1923 treaty between Canada and the US to protect halibut along the Pacific Coast- the first treaty negotiated and signed independently by the Canadian government.

Question 7

Mackenzie King

Answer 7

The prime minister from October 23 1935 - November 15 1948. Hes known for his leadership through the Second World War. The tenth prime minister of Canada

Question 8

Viscount Byng

Answer 8

A British army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since the Canadian confederation.

Question 9

Communism

Answer 9

A social and economic theory that property, production, and distribution of goods and services should be owned by the public and the labour force organized for the benefit of all members of society

Question 10

Urbanization

Answer 10

The process in which people move into urban areas and contribute to their growth

Question 11

Balfour Report/ Statue of Westminster

Answer 11

The conclusions of the 1926 imperial conference that acknowledged that Canada was an autonomous community within the British Empire/ the law that changed the British Empire into the British common wealth- all common wealth counts to be considered equal in status with Britain and able to make their own laws

Question 12

Person 3 case

Answer 12

A court case in which the famous five fought to have women declared as “persons” under Canadian law in 1929

Question 13

Agnes Macphail

Answer 13

The first women to be elected to parliament in Canada. She was elected to the Canadian House of Commons from 1921 to 1940

Question 14

Mary Pickford

Answer 14

A Canadian born film actress and producer, known as “America’s Sweetheart”

Question 15

Armand Bombardier

Answer 15

A French Canadian inventor and businessman and was the founder of Bombardier. His most famous invention was the snowmobile

Question 16

Collective Security

Answer 16

The cooperation of several countries in an alliance to strengthen the security of each. Canada did this to potentially lessen the threat of war.

Question 17

Prohibition

Answer 17

The banning of the sale and consumption of alcohol

Question 18

Autonomy

Answer 18

The right or condition of self government/ independence. While Canada had the ‘right’ to self govern in 1867 they did not enjoy full legal autonomy until December 11 1931

Question 19

Regionalism

Answer 19

A concern for the affairs of one’s own region over those of one’s country

Question 20

Bobbie Rosenfeld

Answer 20

A Canadian athlete who won a gold medal for the 400 metre relay and a silver medal for the 100 metre at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

Question 21

Potlatch

Answer 21

Celebrated by North American Aboriginal peoples of the northwest coast, an opulent ceremonial feast at which possessions are given away or destroyed to display wealth or enhance prestige. It was banned in the 1920’s in fear that it would interrupt assimilation.

Question 22

Plebiscite

Answer 22

A direct vote by electors on an issue of public importance. The outcome of the vote may not be binding on the government.

Question 23

Branch Plants

Answer 23

Factories, officers, or other operations set up in Canada but owned or controlled by the US or other foreign companies

Question 24

Primary Industries

Answer 24

An industry that deals with the extraction or collection of raw materials such as mining or forestry

Question 25

Arthur Meighen

Answer 25

A Canadian lawyer and position who served as the ninth prime minister of Canada in office from July 1920-December 1921 And again from June to September 1926