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17 Cards in this Set
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Prohibition pros |
Rumrunners made money Drunk workers Less money on booze Lower crime rates Fewer car accidents |
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Prohibition cons |
Crime went up- rumrunners Rich people privilege Speakeasies |
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Rumrunner |
Someone who smuggles drugs across the boarder |
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5 main reasons for the Great Depression |
Over expansion & production CA dependence on staples CA dependence on the US High taxes Credit buying Buying stocks on credit |
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Agriculture |
1925- 1928 Price of wheat intentionally went up |
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Pulp & paper |
Forest from British Columbia to Noble Scotia were cut |
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Oil & gas |
Heat & cooking Automobiles |
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Hydroelectric |
Hydroelectric was preferred over coal Quebec & Ontario |
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Foreign investment |
America introduced branch plants to Canada |
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Over expansion |
Good spelled up in warehouse is production slow down workers got fired |
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Canada dependents on staples |
Depended on wheat fish minerals pulp and paper. Foreign countries stopped by there products causing Canada's economy to collapse |
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Canada dependents on the US |
65% of Canada imports came from the US. When the great Depression hit the US it hit Canada as well |
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High trade taxes |
High taxes were place on imported Goods and we're used to pay debts. Canada begin exporting fewer products to Europe |
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Too much credit buying |
Credit buying resulted in debt for many |
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Buying stocks on credit |
When the stock market crashes the stocks lose their value people who borrowed lost all of their money |
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Union Nationale |
Maurice Duplessis Build affordable housing Find markets for farm products improve working conditions |
Quebec |
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Social credit |
William Aberhart Every adult $25 Businesses increased production 50 big shots 35 years
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Alberta |
