Socials 11
Ms. Matthews
Review Sheet: 1919 – 1938 (Inter-War Years)
Define/explain:
General strike
Bolshevik
Prohibition
dole/pogey
Collective security
plebiscite
‘ride the rods’
autonomy
One Big Union
New Deal
Inflation
trade on margin
Recession
supply & demand
Rum runners
regionalism
‘red scare’
trade unions
non-involvement
appeasement
Citizens’ Committee of One Thousand
boom vs. bust
reparations
Commonwealth
Progressives
Bank of Canada
abdicate
equalization payments
socialism
protectionism
Regina Manifesto
censure
sovereignty
tariff
relief camps
reciprocity
overproduction
laissez-faire
market economy
isolationism
Who were?
Robert Borden
Maurice Duplessis
Mackenzie-King
Neville Chamberlain
John Maynard Keynes
Agnes MacPhail
Lord Byng
the Dionnes
J.S. Woodsworth
Francisco Franco
Group of Seven
William Aberhart
Arthur Meighen
Benito Mussolini
Norman Bethune
Emily Carr
Wilfrid Laurier
Adolf Hitler
R.B. Bennett
F.D. Roosevelt
Frederick Banting
Famous Five
Questions:
1. What were the goals of/leaders of and plans of (in terms of ending the Depression) the
following groups:
CCF
Social Credit
Fascists
Union Nationale
Communists Liberals
Conservatives
2. Who was discontent with Canada’s economy after WWI? Why?
3. Describe the causes and events of the Winnipeg General strike as well as both its short
and long-term consequences.
4. Who were the followers of the Progressive Party?
5. Explain the King-Byng confrontation and its significance to Canadian politics today.
6. List some trends in the 1920’s.
7. Explain the causes of the Great Depression.
8. Why was the depression so much worse in the Prairies?
9. Explain the purpose and result of the On to Ottawa Trek of 1935.
10. Compare and contrast how Bennett and King tried to end the Depression.
11. What was the purpose of the following: a) the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act;
b) the 1923 Imperial Conference; c) the 1926 Balfour Declaration; d) the 1931 Statute of
Westminster?
12. Describe the conditions of life in the 1930’s
13. Describe the effects of the Bolshevik Revolution on 1919 Canada (and beyond).
14. Explain the significance of the following: a) formation of the League of Nations;
b) Spanish Civil War; c) Invasion of Ethiopia; d) Stock Market Crash; e) Chanak Crisis;
f) Government Relief Camps
15. Why did the League of Nations fail as a peacekeeping organization?
16. Outline the steps towards autonomy from Britain that Canada had taken between WWI
and the start of WWI.