CANADA AND WORLD WAR II

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  1. 2. This Prime Minister (1930-1935) alienated many Canadians with his authoritative and domineering approach
  2. 3. The construction of ‘this bridge’ was to provide access to the expensive British Properties north of Burrard inlet far removed from the visible poverty and suffering in downtown Vancouver
  3. 6. This group was highly discriminated against and expected to ‘live off the land’ as the government took land from reserves limiting access to resources.
  4. 14. Canada’s ultimate reliance on forestry and agriculture was a weakness because we had a …
  5. 15. William Aberhart the charismatic leader of the Social Credit Party was nicknamed ‘this’
  6. 16. Canada tried to protect its economy by imposing these taxes on imported goods
  7. 18. Given a huge demand in the 1920s, Canada overproduced its forest products, especially paper production for printing these …
  8. 19. The 1930s saw a rise in anti-semitism or hostility towards ‘this group’ which included employment discrimination and barring from certain organizations
  9. 21. During the 1920s Canadian farms overproduced this cash crop used in making bread and pasta
  10. 22. William Lyon Mackenzie King said “It is what we ____________________ rather than what we do that counts most in government.”
  11. 23. A major cause of the Great Depression for Canada is that we had limited trade partners given that we were moving away from our trade relationship with Britain and doing most of our trade with ‘this country’.
  12. 24. RB Bennett was a millionaire bachelor who occupied an entire floor at ‘this ritzy hotel’. Many thought was out of touch with the struggles of ordinary Canadians
  13. 30. This was the president of the United States who implemented the New Deal.
  14. 31. This 1835 rail trip from Vancouver to Ottawa (stopped in Regina) aimed to protest the conditions of employment at relief camps
  15. 32. This is a system of using tariffs to raise the price of imported goods in order to protect domestic producers
  16. 33. Under ‘this economic plan’ the U.S.A. spent billions of dollars trying to get the economy working again.
  17. 35. ‘This economists’ theory of investing money to kick-start a depressed economy was adopted by the USA and Canada when we implemented the New Deal
  18. 39. The Rowell-Sirois Report recommended that the federal government give the poorer provinces grants or _______________________ to ensure that every province was able to offer citizens the same level of services.
  19. 40. Peaceful protests occurred in Vancouver where 1600 protesters occupied areas such as the main post office, the Georgia Hotel and the steps of ‘this famous building’
  20. 41. This type of downturn in the economy is less severe than a depression
  21. 42. A ‘major riot’ that took place when the police attempted to clear On-to-Ottawa trekkers from a stadium in Saskatchewan was called the …
Down
  1. 1. This Quebec political party had support of the Catholic Church and was led by the outspoken Maurice Duplessis
  2. 4. Looking to Fig. 4-4 page 92 in your textbook, ‘this province’ was hit the hardest during the Great Depression
  3. 5. These were government relief payments given to those who didn’t have alternative sources of income similar to the Employment Insurance we have today
  4. 7. This area of the Canadian prairies was the hardest hit during the Great Depression given the environmental disasters that decimated crops
  5. 8. This theory implies that the more scarce something is the more the demand and the higher the value
  6. 9. This was the leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in 1933
  7. 10. This Prime Minister (1921-1930)(1935-1948) was notoriously dull and ambiguous often criticized for his lack-luster speeches and uninspiring public persona
  8. 11. After his death it was revealed that Mackenzie King regularly held seances where he communicated with his deceased _________________ and former Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
  9. 12. Translated from ‘let it be’ this is an economic condition where the government does not interfere with industry
  10. 13. By 1933, jobless and homeless young men resorted to ‘doing this’ as a means of traveling around and looking for work in small shantytowns
  11. 17. In British Columbia ‘this Liberal premier’ was elected in 1933 investing in public works such as the construction of the Pattullo bridge
  12. 20. This is a long period of economic and social hardship, massive unemployment and suffering
  13. 25. This political party appealed to prairie farmers who saw a basic dividend of $25 a month to buy necessities
  14. 26. Social prejudice and immigration policies of the time meant that ‘this group’ did not qualify for relief payments and many were starving
  15. 27. These crop-eating-critters descended on the prairies in massive swarms even stalling trains, busses and clogging car radiators
  16. 28. The inability of Germany to pay out $30 billion as a result of the conditions of ‘this treaty’ caused a domino effect of debt world-wide
  17. 29. Pages 98 and 99 of your textbook look at the stories of ‘this group’ which suffered in a much more desperate way than men did.
  18. 34. This is a period of extreme dryness marked by very little rain, devastating heat and windstorms
  19. 36. This First Nations reserve was not consulted or compensated when its land was developed and transferred over to the company building the Lions Gate Bridge
  20. 37. During tough economic times ‘these groups’ of new Canadians were treated with a lot of discrimination and by 1935 more than 28 000 were deported
  21. 38. RB Bennett’s relief camps employed young men for ‘this much money per day’ -less than a cup of coffee. More than 170 000 Canadians spent time in these camps.