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A lengthy period of economic and social hardship with low economic activity and high unemployment

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What is an economic depression?

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It was the worst depression in history, caused widespread suffering, led to social welfare programs, and helped cause WWII

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Why was the Great Depression significant?

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1929 through the 1930s

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What years did the Great Depression occur?

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Unsound banking, WWI debt, unregulated capitalism, low wages, overproduction, too much credit, buying on margin, dependence on the US economy, and US protectionism

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What caused the Great Depression?

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There were no safeguards to prevent speculation, overproduction, or banking collapse

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Why did unregulated capitalism contribute to the Depression?

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Canada depended heavily on the US economy

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Why was Canada hit especially hard?

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Tariffs reduced trade and deepened the global economic collapse

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How did US protectionism worsen the Depression?

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It dropped about 90 percent

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What happened to the New York Stock Exchange?

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Many lost everything

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What happened to investors?

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Banks stopped lending and many went out of business

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What happened to banks?

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Massive loan defaults occurred

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What happened to loans?

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About 50 percent

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How much did the US economy shrink?

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It collapsed due to dependence on the US

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What happened to Canada’s economy?

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Hunger homelessness fear shame and hopelessness

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What was the human cost of the Depression?

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About 30 percent

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What percent of Canadians were unemployed?

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About 30 percent

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What percent were underemployed?

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Many lost homes and became homeless

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What happened to housing?

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There were virtually no welfare programs

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Why was suffering so severe?

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Minorities and women

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Who was scapegoated during the Depression?

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No money no job no future

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What phrase summed up the era?

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The worst environmental disaster before climate change

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What was the Dust Bowl?

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Overproduction soil depletion drought record heat and sandstorms

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What caused the Dust Bowl?

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Millions of acres became useless

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What happened to farmland?

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Like the end of the world

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How did people describe the Dust Bowl?

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Liberal Prime Minister of Canada
Who was Mackenzie King?
26
He played politics instead of helping the unemployed
Why did Mackenzie King get voted out?
27
Conservative Prime Minister from 1930 to 1935
Who was R.B. Bennett?
28
King appeared unconcerned about unemployment
Why was Bennett elected?
29
Tariffs and work camps
How did Bennett respond to the Depression?
30
It worsened the economy and helped few people
Why did Bennett’s response fail?
31
Shanty towns for unemployed people
What were Bennettvilles?
32
Mostly unemployed men
Who lived in Bennettvilles?
33
About 46
What was the average age in Bennettvilles?
34
Dockworkers miners loggers sawmill workers
What jobs did Bennettville residents have before?
35
Cars pulled by horses due to lack of gas
What were Bennett Buggies?
36
Government camps for unemployed men
What were work camps?
37
Low pay harsh discipline and poor conditions
Why were work camps unpopular?
38
Hopping trains illegally to find work
What does riding the rails mean?
39
A 1935 protest by unemployed men
What was the On to Ottawa movement?
40
1935
What year did On to Ottawa occur?
41
Regina
Where was On to Ottawa stopped?
42
Leaders were demonized
Why did the meeting with Bennett fail?
43
A violent clash on June 26 1935
What were the Regina Riots?
44
Protesters were beaten and arrested
Why were the Regina Riots a rights violation?
45
About 120
How many were injured in Regina?
46
About 130
How many were arrested in Regina?
47
Public outrage over the riots
Why did Bennett lose the 1935 election?
48
A riot on June 19 1938
What was the Vancouver Post Office Riot?
49
Relief camp funding was cut
What caused the Vancouver riot?
50
Protesters destroyed property and committed violence
Why was Vancouver viewed differently than Regina?
51
They cracked heads after arrests
How did police respond in Vancouver?
52
Government aid for unemployed people
What was relief or welfare?
53
Socialism
What political ideology gained support?
54
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
What was the original name of Canada’s socialist party?
55
J S Woodsworth
Who led the CCF?
56
A call to replace capitalism with socialism
What was the Regina Manifesto?
57
The NDP
What party evolved from the CCF?
58
Adopted Social Credit
What did Alberta do?
59
Premier of Alberta
Who was William Aberhart?
60
A plan to give people 25 dollars
What were Prosperity Certificates?
61
Only the federal government can create money
Why were Prosperity Certificates unconstitutional?
62
Limited reform
What did Ontario do?
63
Premier of Ontario
Who was Mitch Hepburn?
64
He became a brutal strike breaker
Why was Hepburn criticized?
65
Returned to traditional values
What did Quebec do?
66
Maurice Duplessis
Who was Quebec’s premier?
67
Union Nationale
What party did Duplessis lead?
68
Farm family and church (traditional values)
What values did Duplessis promote?
69
Anglo control and stagnation
What economic result occurred in Quebec?
70
Tried new economic ideas
What did British Columbia do?
71
Premier of British Columbia
Who was Duff Pattullo?
72
Keynesian economics
What theory did Pattullo use?
73
Government spending to stimulate demand
What is Keynesian economics?
74
The Pattullo Bridge
What project symbolized BC policy?
75
A 1937 royal commission
What was the Rowell-Sirois Commission?
76
Federal responsibility for welfare and unemployment
What did it decide?
77
The federal government
Who collects taxes after Rowell-Sirois?
78
Federal payments to poorer provinces
What are equalization payments?
79
It provided escapism and hope
Why was entertainment important?
80
Cheap escapist entertainment
What role did movies play?
81
Glamour lavish sets and happy endings
What defined Hollywood films?
82
The Golden Age
What era was this for Hollywood?
83
Shirley Temple
Who was Little Miss Box Office?
84
Gone with the Wind
What was the biggest 1939 film?
85
They distracted people from hardship
Why were professional sports popular?
86
To give Canadians a national voice
Why was the CBC created?
87
Archie Belaney
Who was Grey Owl?
88
He promoted environmentalism
Why was Grey Owl important?
89
He was not Indigenous
Why was Grey Owl controversial?
90
The most famous Canadians
Who were the Dionne Quintuplets?
91
The Ontario government profited from them
How were they exploited?
92
Fascism and Nazism
What ideologies rose in Europe?
93
Authoritarian nationalism
What is fascism?
94
Racist German fascism
What is Nazism?
95
Hitler Mussolini and Tojo
Who were the Axis leaders?
96
Neville Chamberlain
Who supported appeasement?
97
Giving in to aggression to avoid war
What was appeasement?
98
It encouraged further expansion
Why did appeasement fail?
99
He demanded more territory
How did Hitler react to appeasement?
100
Germany reoccupied the Rhineland
What happened in 1936?
101
The Anschluss with Austria
What happened in 1938?
102
Germany took the Sudetenland
What happened later in 1938?
103
Czechoslovakia
What country lost the Sudetenland?
104
Germany occupied it
What happened to Czechoslovakia in 1939?
105
Danzig and the Polish Corridor
What did Hitler demand in 1939?
106
The Soviet Union
Who did Germany ally with in 1939?
107
The invasion of Poland
What started WWII in Europe?
108
No
Was Hitler a direct threat to Canada?
109
Canada was tied to Britain and global war
Why did Hitler still matter to Canada?
110
A lengthy period of economic and social hardship with low economic activity and high unemployment
What is an economic depression?
111
It was the worst depression in history, caused widespread suffering, led to social welfare programs, and helped cause WWII
Why was the Great Depression significant?
112
1929 through the 1930s
What years did the Great Depression occur?
113
Unsound banking, WWI debt, unregulated capitalism, low wages, overproduction, too much credit, buying on margin, dependence on the US economy, and US protectionism
What caused the Great Depression?
114
There were no safeguards to prevent speculation, overproduction, or banking collapse
Why did unregulated capitalism contribute to the Depression?
115
Canada depended heavily on the US economy
Why was Canada hit especially hard?
116
Tariffs reduced trade and deepened the global economic collapse
How did US protectionism worsen the Depression?
117
It dropped about 90 percent
What happened to the New York Stock Exchange?
118
Many lost everything
What happened to investors?
119
Banks stopped lending and many went out of business
What happened to banks?
120
Massive loan defaults occurred
What happened to loans?
121
About 50 percent
How much did the US economy shrink?
122
It collapsed due to dependence on the US
What happened to Canada’s economy?
123
Hunger homelessness fear shame and hopelessness
What was the human cost of the Depression?
124
About 30 percent
What percent of Canadians were unemployed?
125
About 30 percent
What percent were underemployed?
126
Many lost homes and became homeless
What happened to housing?
127
There were virtually no welfare programs
Why was suffering so severe?
128
Minorities and women
Who was scapegoated during the Depression?
129
No money no job no future
What phrase summed up the era?
130
The worst environmental disaster before climate change
What was the Dust Bowl?
131
Overproduction soil depletion drought record heat and sandstorms
What caused the Dust Bowl?
132
Millions of acres became useless
What happened to farmland?
133
Like the end of the world
How did people describe the Dust Bowl?
134
Liberal Prime Minister of Canada
Who was Mackenzie King?
135
He played politics instead of helping the unemployed
Why did Mackenzie King get voted out?
136
Conservative Prime Minister from 1930 to 1935
Who was R.B. Bennett?
137
King appeared unconcerned about unemployment
Why was Bennett elected?
138
Tariffs and work camps
How did Bennett respond to the Depression?
139
It worsened the economy and helped few people
Why did Bennett’s response fail?
140
Shanty towns for unemployed people
What were Bennettvilles?
141
Mostly unemployed men
Who lived in Bennettvilles?
142
About 46
What was the average age in Bennettvilles?
143
Dockworkers miners loggers sawmill workers
What jobs did Bennettville residents have before?
144
Cars pulled by horses due to lack of gas
What were Bennett Buggies?
145
Government camps for unemployed men
What were work camps?
146
Low pay harsh discipline and poor conditions
Why were work camps unpopular?
147
Hopping trains illegally to find work
What does riding the rails mean?
148
A 1935 protest by unemployed men
What was the On to Ottawa movement?
149
1935
What year did On to Ottawa occur?
150
Regina
Where was On to Ottawa stopped?
151
Leaders were demonized
Why did the meeting with Bennett fail?
152
A violent clash on June 26 1935
What were the Regina Riots?
153
Protesters were beaten and arrested
Why were the Regina Riots a rights violation?
154
About 120
How many were injured in Regina?
155
About 130
How many were arrested in Regina?
156
Public outrage over the riots
Why did Bennett lose the 1935 election?
157
A riot on June 19 1938
What was the Vancouver Post Office Riot?
158
Relief camp funding was cut
What caused the Vancouver riot?
159
Protesters destroyed property and committed violence
Why was Vancouver viewed differently than Regina?
160
They cracked heads after arrests
How did police respond in Vancouver?
161
Government aid for unemployed people
What was relief or welfare?
162
Socialism
What political ideology gained support?
163
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
What was the original name of Canada’s socialist party?
164
J S Woodsworth
Who led the CCF?
165
A call to replace capitalism with socialism
What was the Regina Manifesto?
166
The NDP
What party evolved from the CCF?
167
Adopted Social Credit
What did Alberta do?
168
Premier of Alberta
Who was William Aberhart?
169
A plan to give people 25 dollars
What were Prosperity Certificates?
170
Only the federal government can create money
Why were Prosperity Certificates unconstitutional?
171
Limited reform
What did Ontario do?
172
Premier of Ontario
Who was Mitch Hepburn?
173
He became a brutal strike breaker
Why was Hepburn criticized?
174
Returned to traditional values
What did Quebec do?
175
Maurice Duplessis
Who was Quebec’s premier?
176
Union Nationale
What party did Duplessis lead?
177
Farm family and church (traditional values)
What values did Duplessis promote?
178
Anglo control and stagnation
What economic result occurred in Quebec?
179
Tried new economic ideas
What did British Columbia do?
180
Premier of British Columbia
Who was Duff Pattullo?
181
Keynesian economics
What theory did Pattullo use?
182
Government spending to stimulate demand
What is Keynesian economics?
183
The Pattullo Bridge
What project symbolized BC policy?
184
A 1937 royal commission
What was the Rowell-Sirois Commission?
185
Federal responsibility for welfare and unemployment
What did it decide?
186
The federal government
Who collects taxes after Rowell-Sirois?
187
Federal payments to poorer provinces
What are equalization payments?
188
It provided escapism and hope
Why was entertainment important?
189
Cheap escapist entertainment
What role did movies play?
190
Glamour lavish sets and happy endings
What defined Hollywood films?
191
The Golden Age
What era was this for Hollywood?
192
Shirley Temple
Who was Little Miss Box Office?
193
Gone with the Wind
What was the biggest 1939 film?
194
They distracted people from hardship
Why were professional sports popular?
195
To give Canadians a national voice
Why was the CBC created?
196
Archie Belaney
Who was Grey Owl?
197
He promoted environmentalism
Why was Grey Owl important?
198
He was not Indigenous
Why was Grey Owl controversial?
199
The most famous Canadians
Who were the Dionne Quintuplets?
200
The Ontario government profited from them
How were they exploited?
201
Fascism and Nazism
What ideologies rose in Europe?
202
Authoritarian nationalism
What is fascism?
203
Racist German fascism
What is Nazism?
204
Hitler Mussolini and Tojo
Who were the Axis leaders?
205
Neville Chamberlain
Who supported appeasement?
206
Giving in to aggression to avoid war
What was appeasement?
207
It encouraged further expansion
Why did appeasement fail?
208
He demanded more territory
How did Hitler react to appeasement?
209
Germany reoccupied the Rhineland
What happened in 1936?
210
The Anschluss with Austria
What happened in 1938?
211
Germany took the Sudetenland
What happened later in 1938?
212
Czechoslovakia
What country lost the Sudetenland?
213
Germany occupied it
What happened to Czechoslovakia in 1939?
214
Danzig and the Polish Corridor
What did Hitler demand in 1939?
215
The Soviet Union
Who did Germany ally with in 1939?
216
The invasion of Poland
What started WWII in Europe?
217
No
Was Hitler a direct threat to Canada?
218
Canada was tied to Britain and global war
Why did Hitler still matter to Canada?
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