Terms to Know

Question 1

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Answer 1

Prime minister in 1921-26, 1926-30, and 1935-48. Guided Canada towards industrialization, the Great Depression, and WW2.

Question 2

Cairine Wilson

Answer 2

First woman elected to be the Senate in Canada

Question 3

Bull Market

Answer 3

20s rampage where people bought and sold a lot of stocks. It was out of control and had lots of activity.

Question 4

Agnes Macphail

Answer 4

First female member of parliament

Question 5

JS Woodsworth

Answer 5

Leader of the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation)

Question 6

Branch Plants

Answer 6

Factories/firms near the base of a supply/command chain. In 1920s, US began to operate branches in Canada to serve their market (to avoid high freight costs and import duties).

Question 7

Emily Murphy

Answer 7

First female magistrate (judge) in Canada. Part of the Famous Five.

Question 8

William Aberhardt

Answer 8

Leader of Social Credit Party

Question 9

Nellie McClung

Answer 9

Helped win the right to vote for Canadian woman and was a part of the Famous Five which demanded that women be legally recognized as persons.

Question 10

Maurice Duplessis

Answer 10

Leader of Union Nationale

Question 11

Tariffs

Answer 11

Tax on imports or exports by a state on Canadian exports

Question 12

R.B. Bennett

Answer 12

Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
Nicknamed “Bonfire” due to his bombastic (loud) speaking style
Contributed $20 mil towards emergency relief. He established Unemployment relief act (relief camps/to solve depression), wanted everyone to go back to work

Question 13

Model T

Answer 13

A Ford model of the car (automobile) that was most popular back in the day

Question 14

Relief

Answer 14

Welfare aka payments from the government. Many depended on relief and received vouchers to pay for food/fuel/rent. To qualify they had to prove they didn’t have a car/radio/telephone.

Question 15

Foster Hewitt

Answer 15

Canadian broadcaster. Broadcasted Hockey Night in Canada starting in 1952.

Question 16

Buying on Margin

Answer 16

Buying stocks with credit (borrowing money)

Question 17

Pogey

Answer 17

Financial or other relief given to the unemployed by the government

Question 18

Edward Rogers Sr.

Answer 18

Canadian inventor and pioneer in the radio industry. Developed battery-less and founded CFRB (Canadian Frequency Rogers Battery-less).

Question 19

Buy Low Sell High

Answer 19

Buying stocks at a low price, selling stocks at a high price

Question 20

Hobo Jungle

Answer 20

Unemployed, homeless people living in tents in a forest

Question 21

Halibut Treaty

Answer 21

An agreement between Canada and the U.S about fishing rights in the Pacific Ocean. First treaty signed by Canada on its own behalf. First international agreement ever aimed to conserve fish stocks

Question 22

New Deal

Answer 22

The New Deal was a series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans.

Question 23

Chanak

Answer 23

William Lyon Mackenzie King’s first major foreign policy test, where he declined to provide military support to Britain. A step in/helped to establish the path of Canada’s independence in world affairs.

Question 24

Xenophobia

Answer 24

Hate against people from other countries

Question 25

Antisemitism

Answer 25

Hate against Jewish people

Question 26

Head Tax

Answer 26

Tax charged to Chinese people immigrating to Canada.

Question 27

League of Nations

Answer 27

The first intergovernmental organization established “to promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security”. Canada joined not as a Britain’s colony, but as an independent country.

Question 28

Spanish Flu

Answer 28

Although exact numbers are not known, it is estimated that the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1919 killed more people than World War I did!

Nearly 20% of the world population were affected and nearly 5%, or 25 million, died.
During the war, 9.3 million soldiers died in the four years of fighting.

Question 29

Red Scare

Answer 29

Mass hysteria over the fear of communism taking over a place

Question 30

Winnipeg General Strike

Answer 30

• Lots of unemployment and unsafe conditions
• One Big Union striked in May 1919, but Citizens’ Committee ignored their demands
• On June 17, 1919, 10 strike leaders were arrested. On June 21, 1919 (“Bloody Saturday”), the event turned violent; 30 people were injured and 1 was killed. On June 25, 1919, all striking workers went back to work.

Question 31

One Big Union

Answer 31

Formed in Calgary to seek better wages/working conditions for workers, and striked to do so with 30,000 workers. The workers that striked were postal workers, police officers, firefighters, waterwork operators, and cooks.