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SS11Ch3
SS11Ch3-Canada & the 1920s
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11th Grade
04/19/2016

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Term
True
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T/F One of the demands of workers in 1919 was a shorter work week.
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True
Definition
T/F One of the demands of workers in 1919 was the right to collective bargaining.
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False
Definition
T/F One of the demands of workers in 1919 was universal health care.
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True
Definition
T/F One of the demands of workers in 1919 was higher wages.
Term
One Big Union
Definition
Union leaders founded this group in 1919 to gain greater control of industry and government through peaceful means
Term
Communist
Definition
The Red Scare developed because people feared a ____________________ revolution would break out in Canada
Term
landscape artists
Definition
The Group of Seven were an association of _______________.
Term
alcohol
Definition
Prohibition refers to the banning of the sale of ______________.
Term
margin buying
Definition
Stock sales technique which allowed investors to pay only about 10% of a stock’s value when purchasing.
Term
Privy Council
Definition
The British political body that officially recognized women as “persons” in 1929.
Term
Senators
Definition
As a result of the Persons Case in 1929, women could become ________________.
Term
True
Definition
T/F In the 1920s, Aboriginal people were sent to residential schools and were denied the right to vote.
Term
True
Definition
T/F In the 1920s, Aboriginal people were forbidden cultural ceremonies like the potlatch.
Term
Old Age Pensions
Definition
The only social reform legislation passed during the 1920s.
Term
Mackenzie King
Definition
Liberal Prime Minister of Canada from 1921 to 1930 and from 1935 to 1948.
Term
resign
Definition
In the 1925 federal general election, the Conservatives won 116 seats and the Liberals won 99. As a result, Mackenzie King refused to ______________.
Term
branch
Definition
American companies began to dominate the Canadian economy in the 1920s by opening ___________ plants.
Term
Hollywood
Definition
Most movies seen in Canada in the 1920s were filmed in _________________.
Term
jazz
Definition
Type of music in the 1920s which many said contributed to a lowering of morals.
Term
automobile
Definition
A Tin Lizzie was a type of ______________.
Term
bush plane
Definition
A new form of transportation in the 1920s.
Term
False
Definition
T/F The television was a new consumer good in the 1920s.
Term
True
Definition
T/F The automatic washing machine was a new consumer good in the 1920s.
Term
True
Definition
T/F Electric toasters and irons were new consumer good in the 1920s.
Term
automobile
Definition
The average worker could afford an _______________ because they were massed produced inexpensively and quickly
Term
resources
Definition
The Canadian economy in the 1920s was based on the export of ______________.
Term
BNA Act
Definition
The Statute of Westminster did not represent complete independence for Canada because this document remained in Britain.
Term
Halibut
Definition
In 1923 Canada signed this treaty with the United States without Britain.
Term
Balfour
Definition
In 1926 this report recommended equality for the Dominions with Britain
Term
Westminister
Definition
In 1932 this Statue recognized Canada as a free and equal state with Britain, created the British Commonwealth of Nations while retaining Canada’s allegiance to the British Crown
Term
Mackenzie King
Definition
In 1926, this PM tried to gain a dissolution of the House of Commons:because of the severity of the Customs Scandal, and to avoid a motion on non-confidence in the House.
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