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25 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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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 issue of public importance; the outcome of the vote may not be binding on the government |
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Primary industry |
An industry that deals with the extraction or collection of 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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Group of Seven |
Group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920's |
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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 declared "person" under Canadian law in 1929 |
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Emily Murphy |
A well known suffragist who was appointed a magistrate in Alberta. Was a member of the Famous Five who helped in apealing the law to make women: "persons" |
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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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Aboriginal Title |
Claims by aboriginal people's to lands that their ancestors inhabited |
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Cut-off lands |
Lands taken from reserves without consent of the aboriginal peoples |
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Federalism |
A political system that devices 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 Act |
An Act passed in 1937 to provide social assistance for people over 70. |
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Chanak Crisis |
The Canadian government's refusal in 1922, lead 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 the Canadian government. |
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King-Byng Crisis |
A situation that occurred in 1926 when Governor 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 within the British Empire |
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Statute of Westminster |
The law that changed the British Empire into the British Commonwealth; All commonwealth countries to be considered equal in status within Britain and able to make their own laws. |
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British Commonwealth |
An association of nations that were formerly colonies of the British Empire |
