celebration of learni g 20s and 30s

One Big Union

A group of workers uniting to create one big union

Flapper

A woman in the 20s. Who rejected traditional dressing and behaviour

Prohibition

A ban on the production and sale of alcohol

Branch Plants

Factories in Canada owned by US companies

Foreign Ownership

When businesses in one country is owned by people in another country

Consumerism

The idea of buying goods and services

Bennett Buggies

Car frames pulled by horses since fuel was too costly during the Great Depression

Relief Camps

Government work camps for unemployed men during the Great Depression

Dust-bowls

Farming areas of Western Canada hit by droughts in the 1930s

Buying on Credit / Margin

Buying goods and stocks by borrowing money

Hobo jungles

Camps where homeless people lived during the Great Depression.

Overproduction

Making more goods than could be sold leading to company layoffs and economic problems

New Deal

A plan to support people during the Great Depression. The USA and Canada New Deal are different. Canada didn’t take as much government debt on

Communism

A system where government owns all the property, so all citizens are meant to be equal

Laissez-faire economics

A governing idea where the government shouldn’t interfere in the economy

Supply and Demand

Prices and production depend on how many people want something and how much there is.

Ideology

A set of ideas or beliefs on how society should work

Alberta Five

Five women who fought for women to be labelled as ‘persons’ under law

Group of Seven

Canadian artists who painted Canadian landscapes with symbolic meanings

Fredrick Banting and Charles Best

Discovered insulin to treat diabetes

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Prime Minister of Canada during the 1920s and 30s

R.B Bennett

Prime minister during the 1930s who introduced Canada’s ‘New Deal’.

Tommy Douglas

Canadian politician who introduced public healthcare in Canada

Agnes Macphail

First woman elected to Canadian Parliament

Cooperative Commonwealth Federation

A political party which supported socialism and workers rights

Social Credit

A political party that wanted to give citizens money to increase spending during the Great Depression

Union Nationale

A Quebec political party that supported French-Canadian values and traditions

Persons Case

A 1929 court case which allowed women to be considered a person

Spanish Flu

A global flu outbreak in 1918-1919

Winnipeg General Strike

A large strike in 1919 for better wages and rights

Halibut Treaty

Canada's first treaty signed without British approval.

Chanak Affair

When Canada refused to automatically support Britain during a war in 1922.

St. Louis incident

Canada refused to accept Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany.

Vaccines for TB

Government program to prevent tuberculosis.

The Statute of Westminster

A 1931 law that gave Canada full control over its laws

On-to-Ottawa Trek

A protest by unemployed men travelling to Ottawa for more job opportunities

Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)

Stock market crash in October 29 1929. Was the ‘start’ of the Great Depression. The crash was caused mainly by buying on margin.