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The Tramp
The Tramp is the title of a silent film starring Chaplin, which Chaplin wrote and directed. It is about a poor man who is mischievous but kind-hearted, trying to survive the vagrant life. He also uses his wit to get what he needs to survive and escape the authority figures who will not tolerate his antics. -
Prohibition
Prohibition ceased production and importing of alcohol into Canada and the U.S.A. During this time many people were outraged because in the 1930s the only way people could distract themselves from the horrors of the dirty thirties was to drink, and they could only do this is secret illegal bars called speak eases, but this was mostly in the U.S.A. because prohibition ended in 1920 in Canada and 1933 in the U.S.A. -
Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu infected North America, killing anywhere from 17 million people to 50 million. It was brought back by soldiers returning home from the war. To try and stop it spreading they closed all theatres, schools, and churches. -
Bloody Saturday
Bloody Saturday was the day that the government, and business owners in Winnipeg, called the RCMP and hired goons beat and kill the strikers. This was done to stop them from 'Starting a revolution'. -
Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg general strike was a strike that lasted for six weeks when most of the people in Winnipeg, especially immigrants, struck for change in the system. They wanted better pay, eight-hour work days, and the right to ask for improved working conditions. The strike stopped for a little after the government fought against them, thinking they were starting a revolution. -
Residential Schools
Residential schools were schools ran by the government and churches, which took indigenous children from their families. Schools like this attempted to "kill the Indian" in these children, attempting to turn them into white Canada. These schools abused the children in them in many ways, scarring all the survivors for life. These schools were Canada’s holocaust. -
Discovery of Insulin
Insulin was discovered by Dr. Frederick Banting, Charles Best, and J.J.R. MacLeod at the university of Toronto. This represented the innovation in health science technology. With the creation of insulin, diabetes was easily treated and was no longer a life-threatening illness. Millions of lives were saved because of the discovery. -
Chinse Exlution act
The Chinese exclusion act was passed during this time, to stop Chinese immigration into Canada. Students, merchants, and diplomats, were exempt from this. In fear of the Chinese taking their jobs, people discriminated against them. Families were split up, leaving many family members behind in China. -
The Person's Case
The Person’s Case was the case where five well known feminists Emily Murphy,
Nellie McClung, Henrietta Edwards, Irene Parlby, and Louise McKinney fought for women to be ‘persons’ and to be able to run for government positions. While the Canadian Senate stated they were not legally persons, the British Privy Council decided they were persons. With this important decision, women would now be considered persons. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the day the stock market crashed. This was not the cause of the depression, just the start of it. People had either bought stocks on margin, or heard of bad things happening in the stock market and sold all of their stocks. Almost the whole population was impacted from this event. The stock market crash was also a large factor in the Great Depression which gave the thirties its name. The Dirty Thirties. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a time of total economic loss in the 1930s. Many causes, lead to this. Which started as a great time between wars, turned into a struggling time when many people were getting their lives destroyed in debt and had little or nothing to their name. The Great Depression was worldwide, and put a halt in world trade. -
The Five Cent Speech
The Five Cent Speech was a speech by William Lyon Mackenzie King, saying that he would not give a "five cent piece" to any provinces under conservative leadership. This was when joblessness was high as a result of the Great Depression, and many people needed help from the government. As a result of this speech, King was voted out of office in order to make room for a more conservative one who would give the Canadians the help they needed. -
The Statute of Westminster
The Statute of Westminster was a law passed by the British Parliament that gave full recognition to all countries with a "Dominion" status, full recognition. Canada was now able to be a self-governing nation, only having to fallow its own laws. Canada chose to stay a part of the Commonwealth of Nations this was a very important day in Canada history, the day Canada became its own. -
CBC
The government created the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC as it was known) in 1933, which later became the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known as the CBC today. It was created in an effort to stop the large amount of American media being consumed by Canadians, and strike creativity in Canadian made programs. The CBC is one of the most reliable and trusted Canadian news source to this day. -
WWII
World War II begins close to the end of the 1930s, and started a new era filled with tremendous loss, death, and pain. Throughout the 1930s, Adolf Hitler had been growing the German army. At the very end of the decade, he was ready to fight and had built Germany from the ground up. When Germany invaded Poland, the allies declared war. Canada declared war 10 days after, on September 10th, 1939, to show the world and themselves that they weren’t tied to Britain anymore.