unit 2 "quest"

Question 1

what is credit buying?

Answer 1

a down payment on one item

- people over bought things they couldn’t afford

Question 2

what is an assembly line?

Answer 2

a system of production where each person does a small task

• faster/cheaper products
• no skilled labourers needed

Question 3

what is a bennett buggy?

Answer 3

a cart that had no engine that was pulled by a horse.

Question 4

what is a bootlegger?

Answer 4

a person who makes, distributes, or sells goods illegally.

Question 5

what caused the prohibition?

Answer 5

• poverty
• domestic abuse
• crime (drunk)
• religion (alcohol was the demon)
• late/absent/poor work ethic

Question 6

how was society impacted from prohibition?

Answer 6

• 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

Question 7

what were the 6 major causes of the great depression?

Answer 7

1. over production/expansion
2. canada’s dependence on few primary products
3. canada’s dependence on u.s.
4. high tariffs stopped international trade
5. too much credit buying
6. too much credit buying of stocks

Question 8

what is the versailles conference?

Answer 8

• 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

Question 9

what is relief?

Answer 9

government assistance (food) for the poor

Question 10

what are speakeasies?

Answer 10

where people got their alcohol illegally.

Question 11

what are flappers?

Answer 11

women that rather than strictly obey the degrading roles and behaviours laid out by society, Flappers flaunted their disdain and disapproval of such rules.

Question 12

what was the chinese exclusion act?

Answer 12

law that prohibited all immigration of Chinese labourers.

• families were separated
• received discrimination and racism
• no equality

Question 13

what is the halibut treaty?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

what is the spanish flu?

Answer 14

• 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

Question 15

what is the winnipeg general strike?

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

what is kings 5 cent speech?

Answer 16

it was about King’s belief that the Canadian government should not give unemployment benefits to provincial governments in Canada with Conservative leadership

Question 17

what is the chanak crisis?

Answer 17

helped to assert canadian autonomy because the Canadian Parliament (rather than the British Parliament) decided what Canada’s response to the crisis would be.

Question 18

what is the statute of westminister?

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

what is anti semitism?

Answer 19

discrimination against Jews

Question 20

WCUT?

Answer 20

to fight against alcohol “it is the devil”

Question 21

who is robert bennett?

Answer 21

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Question 22

who is mackenzie king?

Answer 22

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Question 23

what is one big union?

Answer 23

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.

Question 24

what is edmonton grads?

Answer 24

A women’s basketball team, known for racking winning. Also at the olympics even before women’s basketball was named an official sport.

Question 25

who is percy williams?

Answer 25

Was apart of the first group of women to attend the Olympics. She won Silver and Bronze and gold.

Question 26

who is mary pickford?

Answer 26

an iconic actor, producer and writer who became one of the most renowned stars of her era. She was the highest paid as well as the most glamorous.

Question 27

what is the group of seven?

Answer 27

group of Canadian landscape painters

Question 28

who were the group of 5?

Answer 28

Their mission was to make women equal to men. They achieved this by changing laws and creating them. –advocates for women

Question 29

what is the KKK?

Answer 29

a group of white supremacists who targeted black people

• racists
• violent

Question 30

who is bill aberhart?

Answer 30

gave every citizen $25 per month. he believed this would make the economy grow.

Question 31

who is J.S. Woodsworth?

Answer 31

believed that the gov’t should do more to help the end the depression. canada needed a safety net for when times got tough.

Question 32

who is tim buck?

Answer 32

thought workers should have more rights and power. he believed that businesses kept worker poor with low wages. more equal distribution of wealth.

Question 33

what was canada like after wwi?

Answer 33

• the economy shrank and canada experienced a recession
• women could vote/had more say
• flu spread
• strike for wage increase
• created a middle class

Question 34

minority groups experience:

Answer 34

african canadians - KKK
asian canadians - chinese exclusion act
jewish canadians - anti semitism
first nations - residential schools

Question 35

Why were farmers in Canada hit especially hard during the Great Depression?

Answer 35

farmers worked hard to produce record crops and livestock. When prices fell they tried to produce even more to pay their debts, taxes and living expenses. prices dropped so low that many farmers went bankrupt and lost their farms.