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SS11 Ch 3-4 Canada 20s and 30s
BC Social Studies
28
History
11th Grade
10/06/2008

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Cards

Term

 

Balfour Report

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Definition

-recommended that Britain give her colonies complete independence

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Banting and Best

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Definition

Canadians who discovered insulin

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Marice Duplessis

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Definition

 

Leader of the Union Nationale

 

Term

 

Regina Manifesto

Definition

-document that outlined the goals of the CCF

-sought a socialist planned economy

 

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Bennett Blanket
Definition

-a newpaper ( covered up homeless people at night)

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Term

 

relief voucher

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Definition

given to families to exchange for food, coal, clothing etc.

 

Term

Tariff

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Definition

 

-a tax on  imported goods

Term

 

Pogey

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Definition
another name for welfare or social assistance[image]
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J.S. Woodsworth

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Definition

Leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation ( CCF)

-New socialist party

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Bloody Saturday

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Definition

-ended the Winnipeg General Strike

-RCMP clashed with strikers

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Term

 

Dust Bowl

Definition

 

-name given to the Prairies during the Depression

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Term

 

On to Ottawa Trek

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Definition

 

-organized by men in the work camps to protest their conditions

-trek stopped in Regina

Term

 

Prohibition

 

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Definition

 

The banning of alcohol

Term

 

Social Credit

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Definition

 

Party that offered 25 dollar dividends to the people. Popular in Alberta

-Led by Aberhart

 

Term

 

William Aberhart

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Definition

-Leader of the Social Credit Party

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Term

 

Dionne Quintuplets

Definition

-family of 5 girls put on display by Ontario government.

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Term

 

Agnes MacPhail

 (She will not fail!)

Definition

1st female elected to Canadian House of Commons

 

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Term

 

drought

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Definition

-a period with no rain

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Term

5 cent speech

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Definition

Remark by King that cost him the 1930 election

-said he wouldn't give money to a province ruled by a Tory( Conservative) Government

Term

 

Union Nationale

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Definition

 

Quebec Nationalist Party

Term

 

Protectionism

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Definition

 

Policy where countries try to protect their own industries

Term

 

flapper

Definition

-popualr dress of the 1920's

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Charleston

Definition

 

Popular dance of the 1920's

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Term

 

Communists

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Definition

-party that was banned in Canada

-called for public (government) ownership of Canada

 

Term

 

Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)

 

 

Definition

 

-party supported by Prairie Farmers

Term

 

Emily Murphy

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Definition

-leader of the Famous Five

-Challenged law that said women were not "persons"

 

Term

 

New Deal

Definition

 

Bennett's campaign promises

-minimum wage, limited working hours, trade commission

Term

R.B. Bennett

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Definition

 

Prime Minister of Canada during the Depression.

Conservative

 

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