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| a tax placed on imported goods |
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| British recommedation that its colonies be granted complete independance |
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| nickname given to dry prairie land where the topsoil had been blown away |
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| a long period with little or no rain |
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| Alberta and Saskatchewan farmland that was hit especially hard during the depression |
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| slang term given to social assistance or welfare; also called "dole" |
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| protest organised by thousands of young men from the work camps |
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| created huge profits for Canadian alcohol companies and for gangsters like Al Capone |
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| sarcastic term given to a newspaper |
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| comment that led to the defeat of Mackenzie King's government in the 1930 election |
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| millionaire Canadian prime minister during worst years of Depression |
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| party feared by many Canadians; banned in 1931 |
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| socialist party that became the NDP; wanted more government involvement in the lives of ordinary people |
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| document that stated the goals of the CCF |
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| Alberta party that promised to give people $25 dividends each month |
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| leader of the Social Credit Party |
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| Bennett's 1935 proposal to help ease the Depression for ordinary Canadians |
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| a popular dance of the 1920s |
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| famous Canadian sisters who became an Ontario tourist attraction |
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| fashionable young women in the 1920s |
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| first female MP elected to the Canadian House of Commons |
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| fought for women to be legally recognized as persons |
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| given to poor families; could be cashed in for food, clothing, or fuel |
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| leader of the Union Nationale |
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| violent confrontation where RCMP clashed with general strikers in Winnipeg |
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| party that began as a Quebec protest movement |
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