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Winnipeg General Strike
Winnipeg General Strike
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10th Grade
04/07/2014

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Term
In what year was the Winnipeg General Strike?
Definition
1919
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How many workers left their jobs within hours after the call for a general strike?
Definition
30,000
Term
Public Sector employees including police officers, fire fighters, postal workers, and telephone operators?
Definition
True       False
Term
Why did Ottawa intervene in the Winnipeg General Strike?
Definition
To ensure that confrontations did not take place in other cities (spillover effect).
Term
What fueled labour unrest after WWI (914-1918)?
Definition
Massive Unemployment, Inflation, Success of the Russian Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution) in 1917, and rising Revolutionary Industrial Unionism.
Term
The General Strike left a legacy of ______________ and ___________________ among organized labour groups across Canada.
Definition
Bitterness and Controversy
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