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What happened at the end of World War I in Canada? |
Post-war factories began shutting down, people began losing jobs, the cost of living rose, and jobs could not keep up with inflation. Canadians wanted better working conditions, wages, or even jobs in general. |
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What was the Winnipeg General Strike? |
The Winnipeg General Strike was a strike that happened in 1919 with labour workers. About 30,000 workers protested against the gov't and left their jobs, causing the city to be in chaos. The brand new laws created after that about workers' rights is what makes the strike so significant. |
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What day did the Winnipeg General Strike start? |
May 1, 1919, when building and metal workers went on strike for higher wages. |
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What happened after the building and metal workers began striking? |
Two weeks later, the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council appealed for a general strike to support the metal workers. Winnipeg telephone operators, the "Hello Girls," were first to walk out. By 11 a.m., 30,000 union and non-union workers walked off of their jobs. |
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What was chaotic about the Winnipeg General Strike?
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Elevators shut down, trams stopped, postal and telephone communications stopped, and nothing moved without approval of the strike committee.
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What was the citizens' committee? |
It was a committee of rich politicians and businessmen across Winnipeg that opposed the strike, and turned to the federal gov't for help. |
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What did the Canadian gov't fear during the strike? |
They feared a revolution similar to Russia's when their Czar was overthrown. |
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What did the government do about the strike? |
They ordered the federal employees to return to work or to face dismissal, and the Immigration Act was amended so that British-born immigrants could be deported, for they were believed to be taking jobs. |
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What happened to the police force during the strike? |
The mayor of Winnipeg believed that they were being too sympathetic to the strikers, so they were fired. 1800 special constables replaced them, and were given bats and horses to keep order. The RCMP was also called in. |
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What was Bloody Saturday? |
A riot that occurred during the strike, where strikers overturned a street car and set it on fire. 6,000 people attended, and 2 were killed. |
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When was Bloody Saturday? |
June 21, 1919. |
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Why did the strikers call of the strike? |
They feared more violence |
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When did the strike end? |
On June 25, at 11 a.m. |
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What is a socialist? |
A person who defends all of the members of society for its benefit. |
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What is communism? |
A theory that property, production, and distribution of goods and services should be owned by the public, and that the labour force should organize for the common benefit of all. |
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What was "One Big Union"? |
A union that Canadian union leaders proposed to represent all workers in one organization. It wanted workers to gain more control from government peacefully. |
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What were speakeasies? |
Speakeasies were hidden establishments that illegally sold alcoholic beverages, and were like jazz clubs. |
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What was prohibition? |
The prohibition of alcohol |
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Who were flappers? |
Flappers were women who ignored society's view of what acceptable behaviour for women was. They would go clubbing, wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, and listened to jazz. |
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Who were the women of the Famous Five? |
Emily Murphy, Louise McKinney, Irene Parlby, Nellie McClung, and Henrietta Edwards |
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What was the famous five? |
Five women who challenged P.M. Mackenzie King to appoint a woman senator and deal with the definition of a "person", they were rejected by the Supreme Court of Canada but then were declared persons by the privy council. |
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What was the Ford Model T? |
It was a car that was introduced to society that was affordable enough for a middle-class family to own, was the first car made on an assembly line |
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What was mass production? |
Mass production was the manufacturing of goods in large quantities through factories and machines. The Ford Model T essentially introduced the mass production of automobiles. |
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What was dust bowl? |
The Dust-bowl was the region of the prairies during the Great Depression that was greatly affected by dust storms and drought. |
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Who was the Prime Minister during the great depression? |
R.B. Bennett |
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How long was Bennett in office for? |
He was the P/M from 1930-1935 |
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What did Bennett do about the Great Depression? |
-had great difficulty solving problems of great depression -ppl started naming things after him i.e. the Bennett Buggy -created unemployment relief camps to help solve problems of depression |
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What was life during the depression like? |
-People lost cars, homes, jobs etc. -relied on 'pogey' which was relief payments from the govt --church tried to support people in times of need |
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what caused the great depression? |
the crash of the stock market |
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when did the stock market crash? |
October 29, 1929, also known as Black Tuesday |
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What happened when the stock market crashed? |
-many people were laid off -jobs were scarce -americans stopped buying cdn goods, usa and europe put large tariffs on cdn goods |
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what were major cartoons/actors during the time? |
betty boop, charlie chaplin, mickey mouse |
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what was the music of the 1920s? |
jazz |
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how did jazz music start? |
it started in african american communities and then spread |
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what were new technologies in the 1920s? |
silent movies, ford model t, television |
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what was the On to Ottawa trek? |
men who worked in relief camps were upset about their working conditions, and wages and decided to go to ottawa to protest to bennett and demand their rights. they rode from vancouver to ottawa on freight trains. only 8 men were allowed to visit bennett and the others were stopped by the rcmp. |
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how did relief camps finish? |
the new government after bennett abolished them for good |
