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unit 2 1920s Flashcards

1
Q

decade of…..due to….

A

decade of
prosperity
fun
wild living

due to
the end of the war
soldiers coming home

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2
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but the veterans came home to…

A 
no steady pensions
no special medical services
few jobs
employers getting rich
veterans made the sacerfices
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3
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workers demanded…

A

higher wages
better working conditions
right to join uunions

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4
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western leaders were

A

socialists

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5
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what’s the OBU

A

One Big Union

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6
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winnipeg general strike

year and purpose and result

A

1919
metal and building workers walked off their jobs

demanding
higher wages
shorter working week
right to collective bargain

result
winnipeg was paralysed

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7
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citizens committee of one thousand

A

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

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8
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result of the citizens committee

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the government amended the immigration act to allow foreign born leaders to be deported

special police to deport and fire civic workers who strikes

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9
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Bloody Saturday

A 
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
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10
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result of the strike

A

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

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11
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regionalism

A

local problems

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12
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king-byng crisis

1925

A

liberals needed help from the progressive party to stay in power

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13
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king-byng crisis

1926

A

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

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14
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king-byng result

A

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

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15
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chanak crisis

1922

A

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

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16
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Balfour Report

1926

A

communities of the british empire requested separation from the mother land

only monarch would be the governor general as a representative

17
Q

Statute of Westminister

1931

A

balfour report became a law

canada was legally independent and was a part of the British Commonwealth of Nations

18
Q

Halibut Treaty

1923

A

first agreement signed with another country independent of britian

19
Q

canada began a state of….in 1920

A

canada began a state of depression in 1920

20
Q

mid 20…inproved

A

in the mid 20s the economy improved

21
Q

…is a major export post war

A

wheat

22
Q

britian (canada’s main trading partner) was….and their new major exporter was…

A

british went into debt and canada’s new major exporter was to the USA

23
Q

America emerged as… and invested in….via..

A

America emerged as the world’s economic leader and invested in canada’s
pulp and paper
mills and mines
via branch plants

24
Q

branch plants are…

A

businesses owned and controlled by the US but operated in Canada
profits went to the home countries

25
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women prohibition due to the Christian’s temperance movement

A

banning of alcohol due to being affected by men who abused alcohol consumption

caused crime, bootlegged and rum running

result=government controlled liquor stores

26
Q

first female Member of Parliament

A

1921-Agnes MacPhail didn’t mcfail

called for
prison reform
education for illiterate

27
Q

women
persons case
1929

A

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

28
Q

women
persons case
1929
famous 5

A

the famous 5 and EMILY MURPHY went to the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and asked for support

29
Q

women’s social changes

A 
control over their own life
held jobs in men dominated workforces
involved in men sports
liberal clothing choices
scandalous dancing
30
Q

“more” roars in the 1920s

A 
more money
more consumption
more demand in products 
more liberty
more fun
more education
more technology
more art (famous 7)

STOCK MARKET CRASH 1929

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