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Early Radios were known as |
Crystal Sets |
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Canada set up this radio station in the 1930s |
CBC |
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Booze had been banned in Canada and the USA, it was known as |
Prohibition |
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Prohibition ended in Canada in the mid 1920s, they started smuggling alcohol to the States. People who did this were called |
Bootleggers or Rum runners |
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During the 20s and 30s what was the most popular music? |
Jazz |
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What was the most popular car in the 30s, made by Henry Ford? |
Ford Model T |
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First agreement between Canada and the USA? (First agreement made by Canada without British Supervision) |
Halibut Treaty |
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Will Canada go to Turkey? |
Chanak Crisis |
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Passed in 1931, gave Canada and other British Commonwealth countries complete control over their relations with other nations |
Statue of Westminster |
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When did the Great Depression happen? |
October 29th 1929 - 1939 |
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An organization of countries established in 1919 at the end of the First World War, to try and stop another WW from happening
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League of Nations |
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What year was the Royal Canadian Air Force started? |
1924 |
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A part of the peace treaty agreement after WW1, stated that Britain had agreed to keep some troops in Chanak. Their task was to keep the Dardanelles, strairs that linked the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, a neutral territory. In 1922, the Turkish forces threaten the British troops. Mackenzie King refused the British request for help, and therefore announced Canada would no longer commit to fight at Britain's side whenever the British demand. |
Chanak Affair |
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an American gangster who attained fame during the Prohibition era
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Al Capone |
