unit test Flashcards
winnipeg general strike
a strike that was caused do to increased cost of living and a wide spread of unemployment.
bloody saturday
all due to the police
-one person died
-thirty or more were injured
chinese immigration act
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
indian act
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
stock market crash
(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
chanak crisis
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
halibut treaty
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
king-byng crisis
a situation that occurred in 1926 when governor general byng refused prime minister kings request to dissolve parliament and call an election
richard bennett
prime minister of canada between 1930-1935
-he raised tariffs and didn’t help with unemployment
causes of great depression
overproduction
overdependence on resources
dust bowl and drought
economic ties with USA
protective tariffs
easy credit
overproduction
production of more items than factory owners are able to sell
overdependance on resources
-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
dust bowl and droughts
1929,1931,1933-1937 wheat farmers faced heavy drought which destroyed crops
economic ties with the US
-buy 65% of goods from the US
-sell 40% of goods to the US
-canadas largest tradin partner
protective tariffs
-europe used protective tariffs on foreign imports to protect home industries from foreign competition
-countries retaliate with own protective tariffs slowing world trade
easy credit
-“buy now. sell later” mentality
-families become hopelessly in debt
-when families could no longer make payments, creditors were allowed to repose goods
black tuesday
the day the stock market crashed
william lyon mackenzie
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
“5 cent” speech
-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
relief camps
-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
emily murphy
-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
black porters
workers on trains who took care of children, made the beds, and cleaned
persons case
march 14 1928 when the supreme court eventually ruled that women were not qualified persons
famous five
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
the temperance movement
a movement that limited drinking
prohibition
to ban something (the act of prohibition by authority)
-banning alcohol
bootlegging
illegal manufacturing of goods especially alcohol or necessities
on-to-ottawa trek
-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
speakeasies
secret illegal bars
regina riot
-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
riding the rods
-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
CCF
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
social credit party
Group of seven
landscape painters in canada
statue of wesinister
affirmed Canadian independence and recognized the virtual independence of the dominions
balfour report
an important document in Canada’s evolution to become a fully self-governing nation
