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Prohibition
The prohibition is banning the production, transportation of liquor across all of canada. The ban was a result of the temperance movement, they believed that the liquor was the reason soldier were getting ill. Later the law was implemented in most of canada, but it ended up increasing the criminal activities. Most of the law was repealed sometime in the 1920s decade. -
Spanish flu
In 1918, a horrible pandemic came around in canada called the spanish flu, the diseased spread from the troops travelling east to west by train, participating in the serbia war. This disease killed around 50000 people in canada, most of them being between the ages of 20-40. It was very hard to combat this disease and very contagious, there was not a cure until the mid 1920s, but it eventually started dying down before then. -
Bloody saturday
Bloody saturday happened on June 21st, 1919 during the winnipeg general strike. Lots of people gathered to watch protesters parade around the city which was banned at that time. The police ended up being called by the mayor on the protesters, which ended up leading to the death of two, and injured many others. This marked the end of the strike. -
Flappers
A flapper is a young woman known for having bobbed hair and wearing short dresses, being rebellious for the standard of women at the time. The usual flapper chose sleeveless, usually low-cut and knee length dresses. Had bobbed hair, bold makeup, and heels. Flappers engaged in things that were considered unladylike at the time including, smoking, drinking, talking about sexual topics openly, and engaging in sexual acts more often. -
Golden age of sports
The 1920s were what most people consider The Golden Age of sorts because it was the beginning of the main sports we know today and many athletes began to emerge in every sports. Before this time women were very limited on what sports they could do and were never congratulated by achievements, it was mostly looks. In this time period women had more freedom on sports but still had limits. -
Radio
On may 20th, 1920, the first broadcast on canadian radio for royal society gathering at Ottawa’s château Laurier. Which was a huge step into what it would later become into, later that year the radio would flourish and have many other additions including, music and skits. The radio would later have cbc which is canadas massive broadcasting station. -
Group of seven
The group of seven founded in the 1920s was a school of landscape painters, later disbanded in 1933. The group was the first to create canadien national style paintings. The group inspired many painters and still continues to till this day. -
insulin
Insulin was discovered in 1921 by sir frederick G banting, Charles H Best and JJR Macleod at the university of Toronto. This discovery saved millions of lives and continues to save lives till this day. The insulin helps move glucose out of the bloodstream into body cells, which helps counteract the diabetes very well. -
Jazz music
Jazz music was popularized in the 1920s by Louis Armstrong, it was the most popular music in the 1920s used everywhere in parties, the sound was infectious with its earthy beat and was new for the time. Jazz music was a huge thing for the 1920s and influenced so many things and people. -
Residential schools
The residential schools were government funded religious schools that were made to convert indigenious children into canadian culture. The residential schools were created by both the government and christian churches to educate and convert indigenious kids. The schools lasted way past 1920s and 1930s. -
Persons case
In august 1927, a group of 5 prominent women(Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Edwards, Irene Parlby) petitioned the prime minister at the time about the meaning of “persons” with the goal of getting women to be considered as “persons” in the eye of the law. They ended up getting what they wanted and later women were considered “persons” to the law. -
Black tuesday
In the early and mid 1920s the economy was flourishing, but a lot of stupid decisions were made by the rich with the stock market happened, causing the whole stock market to crash on october 24th, 1929. This event later played a huge role in the great depression which went on for almost a decade later. -
The great depression
The great depression was an event that happened which caused millions of canadiens to be unemployed, homeless, and hungry. It was very difficult for anyone to survive and make it through this whole period. Many people tried to find ways to resolve this whole period but it took around a decade for it to get better. There are many causes for this event to happen including, soldiers coming back from war not having jobs, companies producing more products without the demand and many more. -
Five cent speech
In february 1930, the opposition demanded Mackenzie kings liberal government that they should give money to provincial governments, the prime minister Mackenzie king took that demand as sabotage and stated that he would not give governments 5 cent piece for the unemployed. That statement was a huge issue in his election campaign later on in that year -
New deal
In 1935 Canada was still struggling with the great depression, the prime minister R.B. Bennett knew that he had to do something about this crisis because the canadians were angry. Bennett introduced his plan to set minimum wages, limit hours of work, control prices, fair treatment of employees, establish unemployment and social insurance. The deal neber ended up getting him the win because king went right back into power in 1935.