Unit 2 Flashcards
when and what was the continuous passage act?
1908
helped prevent east indian immigration
when and what was the immigration act?
1919
made all immigrants pass an enlgish literacy test (placing emphasis on ASSIMILATION)
when and what was the chinese exclusion act?
1923
banned all chinese immigrants except students, merchants, and diplomats (from 1923-1947 only 8 chinese immigrants to Canada)
when and what was the indian act?
1867
created RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS to assimilate aboriginal children taken form homes and families
what is the enfranchisement policy?
granted natives the right to vote ONLY if they renounced their aboriginal status
native war veterans did not receive military pension
when is the General Strike?
May 1919
what are “rum runners” or “bootleggers”?
they transported illegal alcohol
where did people illegally drink alcohol?
speakeasies
what was Emily Murphy known for?
in 1916, the city of Edmonton appointed Emily Murphy as a judge of the juvenile court
first female judge in Canada (and in the British Empire)
who was the main person who helped Emily Murphy?
Nellie McClung teamed up to fight the “persons case”
what happened in October 18, 1929?
the Privy Council ruled that women were indeed ‘persons’
what did PM King do in 1930?
appointed fellow Liberal Cairine Wilson (social reformer from Montreal) as the first female representative to the Canadian senate
causes of the great depression
buying on credit
borrowing money
high dependency on the export of natural resources
farming debts
what was the “dust bowl”?
the worst and longest droughts in history in the 1930s
PM Mackenzie King
was PM when the depression hit
no plans to deal with crisis
supported tariffs
made costly campaign errors (“five cent” speech)
seen as unwilling and unable to deal with the depression
