Political
Change
Canadian
Autonomy
The
Roar
The
Depression
Miscellaneous
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The 3 prime ministers
that served during
WWI, through the 20’s
and into the 30’s.
Who are:
Borden
King
Bennett?
The term for a
government that
doesn’t win a
majority of seats in
parliament.
What is a minority
government?
The woman who became
Canada’s first female
Member of Parliament.
Who is Agnes Macphail?
The result of the King-Byng
Affair, who the governor
general was then, and who
the governor general is
NOW.
What is:
-limited the role of the governor
general
-Sir Julian Byng
-David Johnston
Analyze the political cartoon and
describe the events that are shown
in it.
What is:
King’s “5 cent speech” was
interpreted by the Canadian
citizen as his unwillingness
to give even the most meager
amount of money to those in
need. It lost him the
election.
The event of 1919 that
increased Canadian
autonomy.
What is: PM
Borden signed the
Treaty of Versailles
as an independent
nation?
How the Chanak Crisis
contributed to Canadian
autonomy.
What is: when Britain
decided to send troops
to secure ports in
Turkey, we did not
join them?
How the Halibut Treaty
contributed to Canadian
autonomy.
What is: when we signed a
treaty with the US to decide
how to control the fishing off
of BC’s coast, we did NOT
ask Britain to sign alongside
us?
The description of the
Balfour Report and
where/when it was
“ratified”.
What is the document
that established former
British colonies as
independent dominions.
It was ratified at the
Statute of Westminster in
1931.
3 of the 6 nations that were
Involved in the Statute of
Westminster (except Britain).
Who were:
Canada
Ireland
New Zealand
South Africa
Australia
Newfoundland?
The definition of
prohibition.
What is the illegal
production, sale and
consumption of alcohol?
The name given to this style.
What is a “flapper”?
Analyze and describe the statement
made through this political cartoon.
Prohibition was an
“experiment” used to cure
the “evils” of society, but
didn’t work. It created
gangsterism, speakeasies and
led to an increase in crime.
A thorough description of
the “Persons’ Case”
When Emily Murphy received the position
of judge (first ever woman in the British
Dominion), she was opposed by male
lawyers, claiming that women were not
“people” under the BNA Act. Denied by
Canada’s Supreme Court, Murphy and 4
other of the “Famous Five” took their
complaint to the British Privy Council who
overturned the decision and returned
Emily to the position of judge.
The invention by Earle Dickson
What was the Band-Aid?
The term given to investing
without actually having the
capital (money) to buy the
stocks.
What is “buying
on margin”?
A “Bennett Barnyard”
and a “Bennett Blanket”
were really these:
What is a dried up farm
and a newspaper?
6 causes of the Great
Depression.
What are:
1. stockmarket crash
2. overproduction
3. too many exports
4. reliance on the USA
5. drought
6. tariffs
7. international debt?
Description of the “Onto-Ottawa Trek” from
Vancouver to Regina.
What is:
unemployed labourers and leaders
met in Vancouver to demonstrate.
They decided to take their
demonstration to Ottawa. They were
stopped in Regina and held in a
stadium while the leaders went onto
Ottawa. While there, the police forced
them out of the stadium and a riot
broke out.
3 of the 4 political parties that
emerged during The
Depression and their party
leaders.
What are:
1. CCF – J.S. Woodsworth
2. Social Credit – Bible Bill
Aberhart
3. Union Nationale – Maurice
Duplessis
4. Communist Party of Canada
– Tim Buck
He said:
“You can have any colour as
long as its black”.
Who was Henry
Ford?
This magician died from
3 punches to the stomach.
Who was Harry
Houdini?
Quintuplets born during
The Depression.
Who were the Dionne
Quintuplets?
The two groups who
opposed each other
during the Winnipeg
General Strike.
One Big Union
vs
Citizens Committee of One
Thousand
Explain the difference
between these two
economic theories:
1. Keynes’ theory
2. Laissez-faire
government
Keynes’ theory maintains
that government must
intervene to help the
economy
Laissez-faire maintains
that government stays
out of business
Astronomy Facts of the 1930s
In 1930 which “dwarf” planet was
discovered by Clyde Tombaugh?
What was Pluto?