unit 2 "quest" Flashcards
what is credit buying?
a down payment on one item
- people over bought things they couldn’t afford
what is an assembly line?
a system of production where each person does a small task
- faster/cheaper products
- no skilled labourers needed
what is a bennett buggy?
a cart that had no engine that was pulled by a horse.
what is a bootlegger?
a person who makes, distributes, or sells goods illegally.
what caused the prohibition?
- poverty
- domestic abuse
- crime (drunk)
- religion (alcohol was the demon)
- late/absent/poor work ethic
how was society impacted from prohibition?
- wwi, grain needed for soldiers
- women gained the right to vote so they decided to ban it
- less money spent on alcohol, more money spent in war
- strained relationships with usa
- corruption
- dishonest practices
- health impacts of alcohol
what were the 6 major causes of the great depression?
- over production/expansion
- canada’s dependence on few primary products
- canada’s dependence on u.s.
- high tariffs stopped international trade
- too much credit buying
- too much credit buying of stocks
what is the versailles conference?
- major allies came together and negotiated to set peace terms
PM Borden wanted canada to attend paris peace conference on its own (not as british colony). in the end canada was allowed to send a representative but not make any decisions
what is relief?
government assistance (food) for the poor
what are speakeasies?
where people got their alcohol illegally.
what are flappers?
women that rather than strictly obey the degrading roles and behaviours laid out by society, Flappers flaunted their disdain and disapproval of such rules.
what was the chinese exclusion act?
law that prohibited all immigration of Chinese labourers.
- families were separated
- received discrimination and racism
- no equality
what is the halibut treaty?
The Halibut Treaty of 1923 was a Canadian-American agreement on fishing rights in the Pacific Ocean. As the first treaty independently negotiated and signed by the Canadian government, it was one of several landmark events that transitioned Canada into an autonomous sovereign state
what is the spanish flu?
- Scientists believed it started in birds and jumped to pigs and then to humans
- Humans carried the flu to Europe and the disease spread quickly in the mud and filth to the trenches
- Parades and crowds celebrating the end of the war in late 1918 helped spread the disease
what is the winnipeg general strike?
Members of Winnipeg’s building trade went on strike when their employers refused to negotiate a wage increase. It had closed factories, stores. Unemployment had increased but it had introduced workers to political involvement.
what is kings 5 cent speech?
it was about King’s belief that the Canadian government should not give unemployment benefits to provincial governments in Canada with Conservative leadership
what is the chanak crisis?
helped to assert canadian autonomy because the Canadian Parliament (rather than the British Parliament) decided what Canada’s response to the crisis would be.
what is the statute of westminister?
a British law clarifying the powers of Canada’s Parliament and those of the other Commonwealth Dominions. It granted these former colonies full legal freedom.
what is anti semitism?
discrimination against Jews
WCUT?
to fight against alcohol “it is the devil”
who is robert bennett?
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who is mackenzie king?
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what is one big union?
Union leaders that met in Calgary and thought making an alliance would help increase bargaining power with the government and employers. Their support with general strikes helped make a name for themselves.
what is edmonton grads?
A women’s basketball team, known for racking winning. Also at the olympics even before women’s basketball was named an official sport.
