Roaring 20's and Dirty 30's

• Bennett Buggy: A Car without an engine that horses towed during the Great Depression.

• Regina Riot: Violent confrontation in 1935 during the On-to-Ottawa Trek.

• Bennett's "New Deal": promised minimum wage, unemployment insurance, and worker protections during the Great Depression.

• Relief Camps: Camps established during the great depression to move drifters away from trouble

• Bootlegging: Illegal production, sale or distribution of alcohol during Prohibition.

• Buy on Margin: To borrow money to buy stocks

• Capitalism: An Economic system where businesses are privately owned and people compete for profit.

• Communism: An Economic system where all property is owned by the government; everyone shares resources equally.

• Residential Schools: Institutions aimed at assimilating Indigenous children into Canadian culture.

• Roaring 20s: A decade of economic growth, jazz music, new fashion, and major social change after World War I.

• St. Valentine's Day Massacre: 1929 gang shooting in Chicago; Al Capone’s men killed 7 rivals during Prohibition.

• Statute of Westminster: 1931 law granting full legal freedom to the British dominions.

• Stocks/Shares: Units of ownership in a company.

• "Talkies": The first films with synchronized sound.

• Depression: A long, severe downturn in the economy with high unemployment and poverty.

• Flappers: Young women who challenged norms of behaviour and style.

• Jazz Age: Cultural era that celebrated jazz music and dance.

• The Persons Case: Legal ruling recognizing women as persons under the law.

• On-to-Ottawa Trek: A strike led by Arthur Evans over conditions in relief camps

• Pogey: Relief payments that brought shame to those in need.

• Winnipeg Strike of 1919: Massive worker strike for better wages and rights; ended after violent government crackdown.

• Xenophobia: Intense dislike of foreigners.

• Prohibition: Restrictions placed by the government on the manufacturing, transportation, and importation of alcohol.

• Recession: A short-term slowdown in the economy with less spending and higher unemployment.

• Red Scare: Fear of communist revolution in Canada post-WWII

Key People

• Agnes MacPhail: First female member of the House of Commons.

• Edmonton Grads: Female basketball team with a winning record of 502 wins, 20 losses.

• Mackenzie King: Prime Minister of Canada (1921-1926, 1926-1930, 1935-1948); led Canada through the Great Depression and World War II.

• Al Capone: Notorious gangster from Chicago during Prohibition.

• Foster Hewitt: The first radio hockey play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Maple Leafs

• R. B. Bennett: Prime Minister of Canada (1930-1935); introduced the "New Deal" during the Great Depression but lost re-election.

• Arthur "Slim" Evans: Leader in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.

• Frederick Banting: The Doctor who isolated insulin for the first treatment of diabetes.

• Bobby Rosenfeld: Canadian athlete, won two Olympic medals in 1928 (track and field); known for her achievements in sprinting.

• Joseph Stalin: Leader of the Soviet Union, his policies and communism were feared in Canada.

• Rocco Perri: Canadian gangster, involved in bootlegging and organized crime in the 1920s and 1930s in Ontario.

• Stephen Leacock: Famous Canadian writer and humourist.

• Dionne Quintuplets: the first known surviving quintuplets, became famous worldwide and were used for publicity.

• Lionel Conacher: Legendary player on the Toronto Argonauts who won their Grey Cup in 1921.

• The Group of Seven: Canadian painters who focused on depicting Canadian landscapes.