CHC2D:
1920s and 1930s Test Review
1. Provide a short definition of each of the following terms:
Winnipeg General Strike
Chanak Crisis
Suffragette
Assimilation
Persons Case
Statute of Westminter
Black Tuesday
King Byng Affair
Regina Riots,
CCF
Bennett’s New Deal
Giggle-water
Speakeasy
Gatecrasher
Prohibition
Bennett Buggy
Flapper
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Jazz
Immigration Act, 1919
Federal Vote for Women
Cairine Wilson
Relief Camps
Halibut Dispute
Imperial Policy
Social Credit
Union Nationale
Cause and Effect
2. Explain four of the following indirect causes of the Great Depression.
a) Easy Credit
b) Lack of Financial Regulation
c) Vulnerable Canadian Economy
d) Export Emphasis
e) Shrinking Demand for Canadian Exports
f) Trade Protectionism and Tariffs
3. Describe the difference between King’s and Bennett’s approaches to “solving” the
Great Depression
4. Explain benefits and detriments of 1920s Prohibition.
5. Describe the events leading up to the Persons Case. Why did it start? Where did it go?
What was the final result?
6. When did Canadian women receive the right to vote?
7. What was the result of Bennet’s Relieft Act? What were conditions like in the work
camps?
8. Which provinces were the worst hit by the Great Depression?
9. Describe the conditions in Residential schools. Why were residential schools
established? What was their goal?
10. In what way was the Immigration Act of 1919 racist? Outline the list of immigration
applicants from most to least desired at the time.
11. What were the general technological trends in the 1920s?
12. How did Canada’s autonomy change throughout the 1920s and early 1930s?
13. Choose one of the main issues that we have looked at throughout the 1920s and 1930s
units (e.g. prohibition, autonomy, depression, etc) Create an editorial cartoon depicting a
position that someone might take on one of these issues. Think back to some of the
cartoons that you have already seen, as this might give you some ideas for your planning.
14. Winnipeg General Stike:
Why did it take place?, What was Meighen’s attitude towards the stikers? Towards the
Committee of 1000? Who was J.S. Woodsworth? What would he later found?
15. Why was there a backlash against immigrants in the late 1910s and early 1920s? (p.97)
16. Imagine that you are the Prime Minister of Canada in 1933. You have just received a
letter from a frustrated, sad, farmer from Saskatchewan who tells you that he can barely
feed his family because the economy is in ruins. Write a short letter to this man,
explaining what you, as the Prime Minister are going to do to help the unemployed at this
difficult time.
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