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The Spanish Flu
The Spanish flu was a pandemic where 25-50 million died. It is considered the deadliest pandemic. It lasted from 1918-1920 -
Prohibition
Prohibition was a time during 1920-1933 where alcohol was illegal. -
Winnipeg general strike
The Winnipeg general strike was a strike where, for six weeks more than 30,000 strikers brought economic activity to a standstill. -
1920s
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The flapper
The flapper was a less restrictive dress for women in the 1920s -
The golden age of sports
The golden age of sports was during the 1920s -
The jazz age
The jazz age was a time during the 1920s-1930s where a new genre of music was made popular. Jazz music caused dances like the charleston to be a big part of the decade. Jazz is a symbol of the 1920s -
The radio
While the radio was being invented and worked on since the 1800s the first commercial broadcast was in the 1920s -
Insulin
May 17th 1921 Fredrick Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin in the university of Toronto -
Foster Hewitt
Foster Hewitt was a radio broadcaster who was famously known because of his play by play calls during hockey night in Canada -
Talkies
Talkies were motion pictures with sound. Before this, movies were silent, during the 1920s, talkies were invented and were a big deal at the time -
The great depression
The great depression was a severe global economic downturn that took place from 1929-1939 -
The persons case
The persons case was a case that decided that women are eligible to sit in the senate of Canada -
The five cent speech
The five cent speech is when the opposition demanded Mackenzie King's liberal government that they give money to provincial conservative governments, Mackenzie King said he wouldn't give such governments five cents for the unemployed -
1930s
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Relief
Relief was when unemployment relief camps were created during the great depression -
World war 2
The second world war was started when Hitler was put into power of Germany, turning it into Nazi Germany and started taking over other parts of Germany, eventually invading Poland which is what started the war