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27 Cards in this Set
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Inflation |
The rise in prices for goods and services that increase the cost of living and triggers demand for higher wages |
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Primary industry |
An industry that deals with extraction or collection or raw materials, such as mining or forestry |
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Secondary industry |
An industry that deals with manufacturing or construction |
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Winnipeg general strike |
Massive strike by workers in Winnipeg in 1919 |
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Collective bargaining |
Negotiation of a contract between unions and management regarding such things as wages and working conditions |
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Prohibition |
The banning of the sale and consumption of alcohol |
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Plebiscite |
A direct vote by electors on an issues of public importance ; the outcome of the vote may not be binding of the government |
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Group of seven |
Group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920's |
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One big union |
Unknown. Not in textbook |
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famous five |
Five alberta women who fought for the political status of women |
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Persons case |
A court case in which the famous five successfully fought to have women "persons" under Canadian law in 1929 |
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Emily murphy |
A suffragist, one of the famous five. Played a big role in the persona case. |
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Aboriginal title |
Claims by aboriginal peoples to lands that their ancestors inhabitated |
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Cut-off lands |
Lands taken from reserves without consent of aboriginal peoples |
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Assimilation |
Adoption of the customs and language of another cultural group so that the original culture disappears |
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Federalism |
A political system that divides power between federal and provincial legislatures |
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Regionalism |
A concern for the affairs of one's own region over those of one's country |
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Free trade |
Trade between countries without tariffs, export subsidies, or other government intervention |
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Old age pensions |
An act passed in 1927 to provide social assistance to people over 70 |
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Chanak crisis |
The Canadian governments refusal in 1922, leas by king, to support British troops in defending the turkish port of chanak; the first time the Canadian government did not support the British military |
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Halibut treaty |
A 1923 treaty between Canada and the U.S to protect halibut along the pacific coast; the first treaty negotiated and signed independently by the Canadian government |
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Governor general |
A person who represents the British crown in Canada |
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King Byng crisis |
A situation that occurred in 1926 when government general Byng refused Prime Minister king's request to dissolve parliament and call an election |
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Imperial Conference |
A meeting of the leaders of the countries in the British Empire |
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Balfour Report |
The conclusions of the 1926 imperial conference that acknowledged that Canada was an autonomous community with the British Empire |
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Statue of Westminster |
The law that changed the British Empire into the British |
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British Commonwealth |
An association of nations that were formerly colonies of the british empire |
