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Residential Schools
Residential Schools were extensive schooling systems created by the Government of Canada. Their main goal was to strip indigenous individuals of their culture and teach them to part take in more white Canadian practices. The system ripped children from their homes and families to be taught prayer, manual labor, woodworking and domestic work from a young age. Children were also raped, killed and abused by adults at the schools. -
The Persons Case
When Emily Murphy was made first woman judge, she was made fun of for being a female judge. comments were made towards her stating that woman weren't people in the eyes of the law. Emily put her foot down, proclaiming that women had every right to be a judge. After several years Emily started a petition against the prime minister, demanding equal rights for all women. a group of woman including Nellie McClung, Louise McKinny, Henrietta Edwards and Irene Parlby joined her.. -
Spanish Flu Pandemic
The Spanish flu hit its prime between 1918 and 1920. The pandemic killed about 50,000 people in Canada and 50-100 million worldwide or, 2.5 to 5% of the population. These deaths went over more than 60,000, more than people killed in WWI. The Spanish flu was a major factor in the evolution of Canada's public health, although the pandemic also led to the creation of the federal department of health. this pandemic affected every region in the world. since there was no treatment or cure. -
Prohibition
Prohibition was the law against alcohol consumption in Canada. prohibition was first in effect in 1901 in PEI. The law spread to all provinces during 1918. Women of that time protested against alcohol feeling that the money used for alcohol production could be used for soldiers and residents of Canada and alcohol production didnt help the war effort. Although bootleg booze was made against the law and exported by rumrunners -
Winnipeg General Strike
At the end of the war, war factories shut down which caused unemployment and bankruptcy. People who had jobs couldn't keep up with inflation. cost of living rose by 67 percent over 1913. workers asked for three things. decent wages, eight hour day, and the right to bargain for belter working conditions On May 1st 1919 Winnipeg workers in building and metal trades went on strike. Not long after multiple workplaces a general strike formed. 30,000 workers walked off the job -
Bloody Saturday
Bloody Saturday was formed after the Winnipeg General Strike. By June 21 the strike had gone on for weeks. Leaders and strike supporters planned a silent parade past city hall, even though parades were banned at this time. People on the scene were rioting, flipping cars and lighting them on fire, chanting, shots fired. The mayor notified the police which resulted in crowd wide charges, violence leading to death and injury, causing the end of the strike soon later. -
The Jazz Age
The era called the Jazz Age was a time when jazz was a revolutionary form of music and dance. This was very popular for most age groups in the 1920's with some help from the radio first being invented, jazz became even more popular. Jazz artists like Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and duke Ellington become famous. Jazz dances like the Charlton also became popular. Members of the Boston city council tried to ban the dance atone point, which was unsuccessful -
Radio
Probably one of the most popular inventions, the radio was first invented in 1905 by Reginald Fessenden mainly for communication. later in august of 1920, it was introduced for music and news to be broadcasted .Being one of the biggest inventions in the 1920s as almost everyone owned one.The invention was told to have brought Canada together -
Flapper
The flapper was a generation of woman like no other. wearing more revealing and intimate clothing was the style for many women, women wore shorter dresses and skirts, bobbed their hair, silk stockings were rolled down style for men also changed. Baggy pants, bright hats and clothing, bow ties. Hair was middle parted and greased back. So basically a real life Grease movie -
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The Roaring 20s
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Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese exclusion act was the law banning immigration from China to Canada, other than students or important workers¨(restaurant and retail operators) Chinese were not allowed in Canada. Canada thought the Chinese would overpopulate jobs. on July 1 1923 this law was passed. -
Group of seven
Artists around the world tried new styles after the turn of Canadian lifestyle was put into place. They wanted to create unique, meaningful art work. Representatives from the group of seven wanted to create art that expressed Canadian experience .
the first art gallery held by the group was in may of 1920. a member, Lawren Harris was so moved by J.E.H MacDonald's work, he eventually met more artists that inspired him and he created the Canadian known group of amazing artists,. -
Talkies
For most of the time films were around, they had been silent but in 1927 was when talkies first came to theaters. in the 20s, Canada seemed to have a huge influence on American talkies, as tons of Canadian actresses and actors were featured in American film. Canadian actors like Louis B. Mayer, Walter Huston and Jack Warner were household names -
Great Depression
in the early 1930s, Canada was thrown into a massive state of nation wide depression. Causes of the great depression include, over production, Canada's dependence on primary things, Canada's dependence on the USA, international trade choked off and too much credit buying. Canada took advantage of what they had until the economy crashed. by 1933 almost a third of all Canadians were out of work. but, eventually the government worked the economy back up again. -
New political parties
In the 1930s, Canada had two new political parties. Radio show host William Aberhart ran the Social credit party. Financially the social party as persuasive. promising wages of money every month to people in debt to boost economy. this party did win majority but never became federal party. Now for the other party, The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, it appealed more to united farmers, laborers and socialists -
Insulin
Over a million people in north America have had and died from diabetes. When i its prime nobody knew how to treat it, or what caused diabetes. In 1922, at the university of Toronto researchers have found the treatment after Doctor Fredrick Banting discovered people with diabetes could not absorb sugar and starch from the bloodstream.