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- 4. As industries were switching to _________, people became dependent on it to run their factories.
- 5. Unionized streetcar workers _____ the streetcars.
- 7. Many ______ families suffered from low wages, unemployment, poverty and disease.
- 8. ______ were often hired in many i industries because they were very cheap to employ.
- 11. When the boycott was ______ large crowds gathered together and riots broke out.
- 12. Was booming and as a result many people had to move away from their farms to work in factories.
- 15. Is the movement to address these problems.
- 17. _______ of child labour led to children no longer working in the 1900s.
- 18. The bell telephone company decided to hire all women as ________ because they felt women would give better services.
- 19. By the 1900’s ________ were mandatory for children to attend.
- 20. Were the cheapest labour available to companies, because they has no training or skills.
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- 1. ______ replaced horse drawn streetcars in the 1890s because of the use of electricity.
- 2. Non-unionized workers were known as ________ because they helped stop the strikes.
- 3. In 1872 the government passed the ________ Act which made unions legal in Canada.
- 6. ________ was appointed the new post of superintendent of neglected and dependent children.
- 9. Young women in Canada often had to work as ______ because they were in cities where finding other jobs was hard.
- 10. Sometimes _______ showed up at factories to check on the conditions.
- 13. In the 1900 the govt sent in the military into Valleyfeild, QC to stop the ___________ workers from striking
- 14. Were an important method of transportation in the 1890’s as they grew more popular and were improved.
- 16. In 1904 a ____ broke out in Toronto, it destroyed over 100 buildings and over 5000 people lost their jobs.
