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Shares / Buying on Margin

Buying stocks with borrowed money, contributing to the stock market crash.

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King-Byng Affair

1926 crisis between Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Governor General Byng, leading to increased Canadian autonomy.

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Relief Camps

Government-run camps for unemployed men during the Great Depression.

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Bennett Blankets

Newspapers used by the homeless as blankets during the Depression.

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Speakeasy

Illegal bars during Prohibition.

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The New Deal

R.B. Bennett's plan to fight the Great Depression, modeled on Roosevelt's New Deal.

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Prohibition

The ban on alcohol from 1918-1920, tied to the suffrage movement and later repealed.

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Temperance Movement

A movement aimed at banning alcohol, linked to the Women's Christian Temperance Union.

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Famous Five

Women who fought for legal recognition of women as 'persons' in Canada, leading to the 1929 Persons Case victory.

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Flappers

Young women in the 1920s who challenged traditional societal norms.

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Progressive Party

Political party supporting farmers' rights and reforms.

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Rumrunners

People who smuggled alcohol during Prohibition.

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Suffragettes

Women advocating for the right to vote.

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Post-WW1 Situation

Soldiers returned home to unemployment and hardships. Women who worked during the war were expected to return to traditional roles.

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Influenza of 1918

A deadly flu pandemic spread by soldiers returning from WW1, killing millions worldwide and about 50,000 Canadians.

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Groups Enacting Change

Women's suffrage groups, such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union, played a large role in advocating for the vote and other rights.

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Persons Case

The Famous Five fought for women to be considered 'persons' under the law, winning their case in 1929.

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What Happened (Winnipeg General Strike)

In May 1919, 30,000 workers went on strike in Winnipeg, demanding better wages and conditions.

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Cultural Changes

Canadian identity grew, with sports, music (especially jazz), and women's roles evolving.

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Music

Jazz, which originated in the U.S., gained popularity in Canada during the 1920s.

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Residential Schools

Indigenous children were forcibly taken to these schools, which sought to assimilate them into Euro-Canadian culture, causing severe damage to Indigenous communities.

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Racism

Racial discrimination was rampant, with laws discriminating against Asians, Indigenous peoples, and other minority groups.

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What Was Prohibition?

A national ban on alcohol from 1918 to the early 1920s.

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Connection to Suffrage

Women's groups like the Women's Christian Temperance Union advocated for prohibition as a moral reform.

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Reasons for Ending

The rise of organized crime and public discontent led to the repeal of prohibition.

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Statute of Westminster

A 1931 law that granted Canada and other Commonwealth countries full legislative independence from Britain.

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Stock Market Crash

Causes included overproduction, reliance on the U.S. market, and buying on margin.

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Suffering

The Great Depression caused widespread unemployment, homelessness, and poverty, worsened by the government's inadequate social support systems.

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Initial Measures (Bennett's Response)

Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's government provided $225 million in relief grants and loans.

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Relief Camps (Bennett's Response)

Bennett created work camps for unemployed single men, offering very low pay (20 cents a day).

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Short-Term Consequences

Bennett's relief programs were largely ineffective, as unemployment remained high, and poverty was rampant.

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Long-Term Consequences

Bennett introduced the New Deal in 1935, which included unemployment insurance, minimum wage laws, and other social reforms.

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New Parties

The economic crisis gave rise to new political movements such as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Social Credit Party.

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Welfare Reforms

Many of the social safety nets we have today have their roots in the reforms introduced during or after the Great Depression.

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Unlikely Repetition

A depression like the one in the 1930s is unlikely today due to numerous safeguards such as unemployment insurance and government regulations.

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