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54 Cards in this Set
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Boom |
Period of growth prosperity and expansion |
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Bust |
Economic depression Without growth or prosperity |
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1930s nickname |
The great depression The dirty thirties |
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Dichotomy |
Pair of contradictory things |
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Growth in |
Autonomy and independance |
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Economic growth in |
Primary and seconday industries |
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Explosion in |
Fads fashions and entertainment |
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Fad |
An object or fashion that is extremely popular for a short period of time |
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Womens fashion |
Short hair Flat chest Pantsuit Short skirts Smoked in public Liberated |
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Mens fashion |
Zoot suits Greased hair |
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Car business was dominated by |
Ford General motors Chrysler |
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Automobiles changed |
Larger scale construction projects Travel longer distances |
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Cars helped the development of |
Paint Oil Gas Rubber Glass Restaurant Hotel industries |
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Suburbs nickname |
Bedroom community |
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Suburb |
People live outside of city and commute to work |
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Model t nickname |
Tin lizzy |
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Reasons for explosion of spectator sports |
Urbanization= people to fill stadium Increased leisure time Economic prosperity=$$ Sports personalties= huge fans Media availablity= game recap |
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Urbanization |
Jobs attracted people to leave rural and go to cities. Cities expanded, factories need large area. Rural depopulation Bad because sub standard living and ghettos |
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Change in life style and attitudes |
Urbanization Consumerism Credit buying Get rich quick |
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Consumerism |
Belief that if you have money you can spend it Bod because gets out of controland people over extend themselves and debt grows |
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Credit buying |
The ability to buy now but pay later whuch means to buy products on borrowed money People over extend themselves when they have jobs but not bad when they dont |
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Get rich quick |
The desire to make as much money as possible in a short period of time and economically gambling Bad because they dont pay attention to the future |
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Branch plants |
Extension of factories in q country whose home plant is in another counter Postive= source of jobs Money spent Negative= profit to company = no security |
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Businesses and companies contribution to great depression |
Over production Over expansion Factories during the 1920 made more products than needed so employees dont get paid and factories go bankrupt whuch leads to destructive cycle |
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The canadian government contribution to great depression |
Too dependant on primary goods And the us and natural ressouces are unpredictable and if us economy fails so does ours |
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Average canadian |
Credit buying |
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Mopcuts |
Margin buying Over production& expansion primary industry too dependant Credit buying Us too dependant Tariffs Stock market crash |
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Margin buying |
People buy with out money and looked to get rich with stock market and invested in stockswith bank loans. When the stock market crashed loans couldnot be paid back |
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Tariffs |
Taxes placed on imported goods Put in place to protect canada from cheap goods Trade war slowed down trade traffic |
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Stock market crash |
Immediate cause which gave no money no jobs no production no trade |
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Shanty towns |
Homeless communities |
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Relief |
Monthly payment to families in need |
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Relief camps |
Labour camps for single men to keep them out of trouble |
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On to ottawa trek riot |
Regina riot |
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Comunist party of canada leader |
Tim buck |
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Communist were seen |
As racial and violent because the rissian revolution |
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Communist gained the nickname |
Red menace |
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Co-operative coomonwealth federation (CCF) leader |
J. S. Woodsworth |
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CCF blames |
Banks and big businesses who they thought only cared about profit |
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CCF was the most |
Popular and successful and is still here today as the NDP |
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Social credit party leader |
William alberhart- christian minister with radio show |
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William alberhart nickname |
Bible bill |
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Social credit party belived |
Big businesses were morally corupt |
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Union nationale leader |
Political party in quebec led by maurice duplessis |
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Union nationale blamed |
Quebecs problems on english peoples control over the economy |
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Bennett burgs |
Shanty towns |
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Bennett buggies |
Motorless cars |
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Bennett blanket |
Newspaper used by homeless people |
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Bennett coffee |
Warm corn juice |
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Media |
Communication that told stories from canadian prespective that were thought to be relatable |
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Arts and literature |
Unique form of canadian expression Art= group of 7 and emily carr Literature= rflect canadian themes |
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Technology |
Snowmobile Telephone Airplanes Automobiles |
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Medicine and science |
Diabetes= banting, best, mcleod Tuberculosis= national research council Pabulm= baby cereal made at sick kids |
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Americas sweetheart |
Mary pickford |
