1920’s Canada:
More Independence
and New Influences
U.S. Influences:
Fads and Fashion
Most fads came into Canada through the
United States.
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New mass media began to spread
images to the public:
Radio
Newspapers
Glossy magazines
Billboards
‘Movies’
Movies’
Question:
What are FIVE new fads or
fashions from the 1920’s?
Board games, dance (Charleston), music (Jazz), film, women’s fashion, men’s
fashion, clubs (speakeasies), golf, sports, mini-golf
New Prosperity
The Post-war economy suffered
• Few jobs for returning soldiers
• High cost of living
• Post-war recession
New Prosperity
1920s growth improved life for most Canadians
• Prairie Wheat Boom
• Forestry
• New Hydro Electric Power projects
• Oil Industry in Alberta
• Mining in Ontario, Quebec, B.C., and Manitoba
High European demand for wheat
Mechanized farm
World price of wheat kept rising
Marquis wheat
New Prosperity
New American investment: Branch
Plants
New Prosperity
New American investment:
Foreign Capital ($)
Greater Independence
Canada gained more
independence from
Britain in the 1920’s
• 1922: The Chanak Affair
(Canadian parliament decided
whether or not to go to war)
• 1923: The Halibut Treaty
(first international treaty
signed by Canada on its own)
Greater Independence
• 1926: The King-Byng Crisis (power
struggle between British appointed
Governor General and Prime Minister)
• 1926: The Balfour Report (Britain
decided to change all colonies from
Dominions to equal partners of a
Commonwealth of Nations)
Greater Independence
• 1927/1928: New Foreign Embassies
• 1931: Statute of Westminster (Balfour
Report becomes law. Canada completely
self-governing)