unit test

Question 1

winnipeg general strike

Answer 1

a strike that was caused do to increased cost of living and a wide spread of unemployment.

Question 2

bloody saturday

Answer 2

all due to the police
-one person died
-thirty or more were injured

Question 3

chinese immigration act

Answer 3

an act made by the government that banned chinese immigrants
-a large fee charged by the government, to any Chinese immigrants wanting to enter canada
-after the railway was built they deported

Question 4

indian act

Answer 4

a law made by the federal government that controlled indigenous people and their reserve of land and made it mandatory for indigenous children to attend residential

Question 5

stock market crash

Answer 5

(immediate cause of the great depression)
-quick way to get rich
-but stocks on credit,buy stocks on margin
-when the value of the stocks dropped, people panicked and sold out driving prices down quickly

Question 6

chanak crisis

Answer 6

The canadian government (mackenzie king) refusal in 1922 to support the british troop defending the turkish port of Chanak. this was the first time the canadian government did not support british military

Question 7

halibut treaty

Answer 7

in 1923 a treaty between canada and the US to protect halibut along the pacific coast, the first treaty signed independently by the canadian government

Question 8

king-byng crisis

Answer 8

a situation that occurred in 1926 when governor general byng refused prime minister kings request to dissolve parliament and call an election

Question 9

richard bennett

Answer 9

prime minister of canada between 1930-1935
-he raised tariffs and didn’t help with unemployment

Question 10

causes of great depression

Answer 10

overproduction
overdependence on resources
dust bowl and drought
economic ties with USA
protective tariffs
easy credit

Question 11

overproduction

Answer 11

production of more items than factory owners are able to sell

Question 12

overdependance on resources

Answer 12

-dependance on staples:fish,wheat,minerals,pulp,paper
-canadas economy booms when staples are needed on world market
-during depression world market crashes and so did the need for canadian goods

Question 13

dust bowl and droughts

Answer 13

1929,1931,1933-1937 wheat farmers faced heavy drought which destroyed crops

Question 14

economic ties with the US

Answer 14

-buy 65% of goods from the US
-sell 40% of goods to the US
-canadas largest tradin partner

Question 15

protective tariffs

Answer 15

-europe used protective tariffs on foreign imports to protect home industries from foreign competition
-countries retaliate with own protective tariffs slowing world trade

Question 16

easy credit

Answer 16

-“buy now. sell later” mentality
-families become hopelessly in debt
-when families could no longer make payments, creditors were allowed to repose goods

Question 17

black tuesday

Answer 17

the day the stock market crashed

Question 18

william lyon mackenzie

Answer 18

prime minister of canada at the time
- made the famous “5 cent” speech
- didn’t help the poor people
- believed waiting it out was the way out of the great depression

Question 19

“5 cent” speech

Answer 19

-made by prime minister mackenzie king
-believes relief is responsibility of provinces
-refuses to give money to non-liberal provincial governments
-loses 1930 election to R. B. Bennett

Question 20

relief camps

Answer 20

-relief/work camps were for single men to do manual labour in order for them to be provided food, clothing and medical attention
-working conditions were bad
-they were paid 20 cents a day and worked 44 hours a week
-they had to follow many rules and regulations

Question 21

emily murphy

Answer 21

-fought for womens rights(excluded black,asian,indeginous etc)
-she wrote a book and talked about causes and potential solutions to drug addictions
-she blamed chinese immigrants and black people for drug addiction in canada

Question 22

black porters

Answer 22

workers on trains who took care of children, made the beds, and cleaned

Question 23

persons case

Answer 23

march 14 1928 when the supreme court eventually ruled that women were not qualified persons

Question 24

famous five

Answer 24

wrote a letter to the federal government asking the supreme court to determine whether the government could appoint a female senator
-fought for womens rights

Question 25

the temperance movement

Answer 25

a movement that limited drinking

Question 26

prohibition

Answer 26

to ban something (the act of prohibition by authority)
-banning alcohol

Question 27

bootlegging

Answer 27

illegal manufacturing of goods especially alcohol or necessities

Question 28

on-to-ottawa trek

Answer 28

-1000 men left relief camps in vancouver to protest
-they started the protest in BC and went to ottawa
-started due to low pays, bad food and terrible living conditions
-freight trains were used to transport protesters

Question 29

speakeasies

Answer 29

secret illegal bars

Question 30

regina riot

Answer 30

-occurred when the police attempted to clear on-to-ottawa trek from stadium in regina
-RCMP were called
-one officer was killed, many injured,130 men arrested plus $1000 in city damage

Question 31

riding the rods

Answer 31

-young jobless men would get on top or under cargo trains or passenger trains
-often would do this when looking for jobs
- the men from the on-to-ottawa trek did this when making their way to ottawa

Question 32

CCF

Answer 32

cooperative commonwealth federation
-believed it wasn’t the workers fault they were unemployed
-they believed to take over the banks out of the hands of the private individuals and put it into the hands of the people
-make sure people are paid minimum wage and the right to organize unions

Question 33

social credit party

Question 34

Group of seven

Answer 34

landscape painters in canada

Question 35

statue of wesinister

Answer 35

affirmed Canadian independence and recognized the virtual independence of the dominions

Question 36

balfour report

Answer 36

an important document in Canada’s evolution to become a fully self-governing nation