unit 2 1920s Flashcards
decade of…..due to….
decade of
prosperity
fun
wild living
due to
the end of the war
soldiers coming home
but the veterans came home to…
no steady pensions no special medical services few jobs employers getting rich veterans made the sacerfices
workers demanded…
higher wages
better working conditions
right to join uunions
western leaders were
socialists
what’s the OBU
One Big Union
winnipeg general strike
year and purpose and result
1919
metal and building workers walked off their jobs
demanding
higher wages
shorter working week
right to collective bargain
result
winnipeg was paralysed
citizens committee of one thousand
the citizens committee of 1000 was made up of
business leaders
politicians
industrialists
thought that the protesters were past of the Bolshevik communist conspiracy to overthrow the government
result of the citizens committee
the government amended the immigration act to allow foreign born leaders to be deported
special police to deport and fire civic workers who strikes
Bloody Saturday
june 21 1 guy dies at a protest the mayor's actions (the immigration act) RNWMP defeated the strikers 43 days of protest 30 injured
result of the strike
7 arrested leaders
2 months-2 years in prison
strikers were not rehired
contracts were signed
ROYAL COMMISSION was set up to examine and the striker’s grievances were valid
regionalism
local problems
king-byng crisis
1925
liberals needed help from the progressive party to stay in power
king-byng crisis
1926
king lost support from the progressives
asked lord byng to dissolve parliament but byng felt that king should had resigned when the conservatives won more seats instead of forming a coalition government
king resigned and byng invited the conservatives to form the government
but conservatives lost a vote in the house of commons and byng was forced to call an elections
king-byng result
king told the people that a british official denied a PM’s request
how dare he? Lord Byng is a dictator
king won
no governor general denied a PM’s request since
chanak crisis
1922
british needed troops in turkey due to the chanak port being taken away from the british
PM king refused to send troops to help because this didn’t affect canada
Balfour Report
1926
communities of the british empire requested separation from the mother land
only monarch would be the governor general as a representative
Statute of Westminister
1931
balfour report became a law
canada was legally independent and was a part of the British Commonwealth of Nations
Halibut Treaty
1923
first agreement signed with another country independent of britian
canada began a state of….in 1920
canada began a state of depression in 1920
mid 20…inproved
in the mid 20s the economy improved
…is a major export post war
wheat
britian (canada’s main trading partner) was….and their new major exporter was…
british went into debt and canada’s new major exporter was to the USA
America emerged as… and invested in….via..
America emerged as the world’s economic leader and invested in canada’s
pulp and paper
mills and mines
via branch plants
branch plants are…
businesses owned and controlled by the US but operated in Canada
profits went to the home countries
women prohibition due to the Christian’s temperance movement
banning of alcohol due to being affected by men who abused alcohol consumption
caused crime, bootlegged and rum running
result=government controlled liquor stores
first female Member of Parliament
1921-Agnes MacPhail didn’t mcfail
called for
prison reform
education for illiterate
women
persons case
1929
EMILY MURPHY challenged the supreme court who didn’t consider women to be persons under the constitution = lack of privileges and no position in government
women
persons case
1929
famous 5
the famous 5 and EMILY MURPHY went to the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and asked for support
women’s social changes
control over their own life held jobs in men dominated workforces involved in men sports liberal clothing choices scandalous dancing
“more” roars in the 1920s
more money more consumption more demand in products more liberty more fun more education more technology more art (famous 7)
STOCK MARKET CRASH 1929
