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71 Cards in this Set
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Aberhart, William |
Leader of Social Credit Party |
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Aird Commission |
led to the created of CBC |
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Assimilation |
one culture tries to implement their own culture on another |
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Autonomy |
The power to govern oneself and make ones own decisions |
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Balfour Report |
Canada, Australia, NZ wanted independence from Britain (1926) |
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Banting, Frederick |
Canadian scientist who first used insulin on humans |
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Bennett, R.B. |
Prime minister from 1930-1935 Opposed to gov't intervention Raised tariffs Created work camps |
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Bennett Buggy |
A car without an engine or windows pulled by a horse Made a joke of PM Bennett |
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Branch plant |
A factory whose headquarters was located in another country |
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British Commonwealth |
Nations colonized by the British Empire |
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Bush pilots |
Pilots flying small aircrafts to isolated areas Prospect mining opportunities |
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Buying on a Margin |
Buying a share with only a 10% down payment |
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
created in 1936 in response to Aird Commission French and English |
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Carr, Emily |
Artist Focused on West Coast forest and aboriginal life |
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Chanak Crisis |
Britain fought in Turkey Canada did not join |
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Charleston |
1920's dance style |
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Chinese Exclusion Act |
No Chinese immigrants from 1923-1947 |
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Collective bargaining |
Negotiation of union working conditions and wages |
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Communism |
All property is publicly owned and each person is paid according to their needs |
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Cooperative Commonwealth Federation |
Lead by JS Woodsworth Appealed to farmers, workers, socialists, intellectuals, and unhappy Liberals Money should be spent on job creation |
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Cut-off lands |
Land originally reserved was taken away without consent |
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Depression |
Out of control economic recession |
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Dionne Quintuplets |
first quintuplets known to survive infantry |
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Economic cycle |
Growth -> Recession -> Recovery |
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Fascism |
Government where a dictator has full control ex) Benito Mussolini in Italy |
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Federalism |
A central government looking over an entire nation |
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"Five Cent Speech" |
PM King Did not support Conservative provinces |
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Flapper |
1920's fashionable young lady intent on enjoying herself |
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Ford, Henry |
Invented assembly line (1913) Paid workers well, no unions at Ford Mass production, cheaper cost |
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Governor-General |
British representative in Canada Julian Byng (1926) |
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Group of Seven |
Group of Canadian painters first exhibition (1920) |
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Halibut Treaty |
British did not attend treaty between Canada and the US |
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Hitler, Adolf |
German Chancellor (1933) Ended reparations, built military Rebuilt farms, constructed autobahn Persecuted Jews |
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Imperial Conference 1926 |
Gathering of dominions to create Balfour Report |
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King-Byng Crisis |
Byng said no to King's request of an election Who is really in power? |
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King, William L.M. |
Leader of Liberal government (1921-1930) (1935-1948) |
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Ku Klux Klan |
White supremacist group |
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Laissez-faire |
No government intervention |
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Mackenzie-Papinaeu Battalion |
Canadians fighting in Spanish Civil War |
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MacPhail, Agnes |
First women elected MP (1921) |
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McClung, Nellie |
helped launch "Persons case" (1929) |
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Meighen, Arthur |
Leader of conservatives Called for motion of censure |
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Minority government |
less than 50% of seats |
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Mussolini, Benito |
Italian fascist (1922) Anti democracy Anti communist Nationalist -> recreate Roman Empire Totalitarian |
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New Deal (Canada) |
Beginning of government intervention End of laissez-faire Not implemented, King re-elected |
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Old Age Pension Act |
(1927) influenced by Progressive party |
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On to Ottawa Trek |
Started in Vancouver (1935) led by Relief Camp Workers Union Stopped in Regina Demands rejected by Bennett lead to Regina Riot |
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One Big Union |
Western union leaders influenced by Russian Revolution |
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Persons Case 1929 |
Emily Murphy appointed magistrate in AB Challenged "only persons could hold office" Alberta Supreme Court supported Murphy Supreme Court -> women not persons Privy Council (Britain) -> women persons |
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Pickford, Mary |
Canadian actor in Hollywood |
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Progressive Party |
led by T Crerar (1919) no tariffs and lower freight + storage fees free trade, public owned railways |
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Prohibition |
Alcohol made illegal plebiscites = gov't run liquor stores (1921) US prohibition resulting in bootlegging |
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Prosperity |
successful, thriving condition |
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Protectionism |
tariffs meant to protect domestic market |
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Recession |
jobs lost companies closing or slowing down drop in the economy |
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Recovery |
money invested big companies take control |
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Regina Riot |
On to Ottawa Trek stopped in Regina men wanted jobs |
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Regina Manifesto |
CCF public ownership of key industries social programs for the needy |
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Relief payments |
"pogey" line ups public declaration of financial failure proof of nothing owned, eviction relief = food vouchers lower than minimum wage |
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Residential schools |
government run schools created to assimilate aboriginal children into white culture Sexual, emotional, physical abuse |
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"Riding the roads" |
hopped on the top of trains created shanty towns looking for work, nothing else to do |
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Rowell-Sirois Commission |
created to relieve federal-provincial tension federal gov't collects taxes equalization payments to provinces federal responsibility for unemployment and social services |
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Social Credit Party |
1935 - William Aberhart, Alberta wanted to give back money to the people to survive blocked by federal gov't and Supreme Court formed provisional gov't in AB and later BC |
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Socialism |
industries owned and run by the government rather than by individual people and companies
- similar to communism |
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Soup Kitchen |
Private charity used to feed starving unemployed or homeless |
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Statute of Westminster 1931 |
autonomy exceptions: BNA act (no agreement on amending formula), highest court of appeal (Privy Council) |
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Stock Market Crash |
October 29th, 1929 |
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Supply and demand |
prices raised if there's a high demand prices lowered if there's low demand |
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Woodsworth, JS |
CCF political voice for workers |
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Winnipeg General Strike |
May 1919, construction workers strike higher wages, shorter work week other unions joined strike, city paralyzed Business leaders formed Citizen's Committee of 1000 because of fear of communism Resulted in short term loss, long term gains |
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Work Camps |
Created by Bennett's conservative government 20 cents a day harsh conditions |
