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Spanish Flu
LinkThe Spanish Flu was a pandemic that spread across the world, it lasted from March 1918 to June 1920 however, it is unclear exactly where the flu orginated from Between 50 and 100 million died, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. It was ironic that this disease, which was right after the war, actually caused more death than the war itself, Canada had 50,000 victims to this disease.
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Winnipeg General Strike
LinkThe Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was one of the most influential strikes in Canadian history, although many Canadian companies had enjoyed enormous profits during World War I, wages and working conditions were very poor and labour regulations were almost non-existent, however, In March 1919 labour delegates from across Western Canada gathered in Calgary to form a branch of the "One Big Union", with the intention of earning rights for Canadian workers through a series of strikes. -
The Group Of Seven
LinkThe Group of Seven were a group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. The Group of Seven is most famous for its paintings of Canadian landscapes. It was succeeded by the Canadian Group of Painters in the 1930s. Their paintings were not well recived when they were first released but as time went on they became well known. -
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Canadian History 1920s
After WWI, a time of great prosperity -
William Lyon Mackenzie King
LinkPrime Minister Mackenzie was elected leader of the Liberal party in 1921 with a bare majority of seats. In 1916 the Liberal government was faced with a customs scandal and Mackenzie King asked Governor General Byng to dissolve Parliament. Byng refused and appointed Arthur Meighen as prime minister, The Liberals returned to power, and Mackenzie King, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada again in 1926. -
Foster Hewitt & Hockey Night in Canada
LinkFor forty years, Hewitt was Canada's premier hockey play-by-play broadcaster on Hockey Night in Canada, the first radio program widely listened to in Canada. He made the phrase "he shoots, he scores!" and was also well known for his intro at the beginning of each broadcast, "Hello, Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland." -
Chinese Exclusion Act
LinkChinese Exclusion Act was an act passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1923 banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada. Immigration from most countries was controlled or restricted in some way, but only the Chinese were completely prohibited from immigrating and was repealed May 14, 1947. -
RCAF
LinkThe Royal Canadian Air Force was the air force of Canada from 1924 until 1968 and continued its focus on civil aviation, the RCAF's focus changed to military force and it became an active participant in the Second World War and the Cold War. -
Repeal of Prohibition in Canada
LinkThe provinces repealed their prohibition laws, mostly during the 1920s. After 1924 Ontario prohibition referendum narrowly defeated the repeal of the Ontario Temperance Act the Ontario government of Howard Ferguson permitted the sale of low alcohol beer and, following its re-election on the platform of repealing the OTA, ended prohibition in 1927 and created the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, permitting the sale of liquor in the province though under heavy regulation. -
Black Tuesday
Link Black Tuesday was the crash of a stock market and the start of the greatest depression in human history. This created an enormous amount of unemployment and financial problems for Canada and was a very diffficult time for Canada. -
Person's Case
LinkCanadian women born before 1929 were considered by law to be "non-persons,"however, a group of Alberta women known as the Famous 5 worked together to try to improve conditions for women and change the interpretation of the Canadian Constitution to ensure women could participate in all aspects of public life. Through in 1928, they lost a case to the Canadian court however, in 1929 they won the case in the Judical Committee of the British Prive Council -
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Canadian History 1930s
The great depression -
Five Cent Speech
Linkduring the beginning of the Great Depression, King made a speech about how social welfare was the responsibility of the provinces and also declared that he would not give a "five-cent piece" to any province that did not have a Liberal government which was was one of the reasons why Liberals lost the elections -
R.B Bennett
LinkBennett defeated William Lyon Mackenzie King in the 1930 federal election, he had the misfortune of taking office during the Great Depression. Bennett tried to combat the depression by increasing trade within the British Empire and imposing tariffs for imports from outside the Empire, promising that his measures would blast Canadian exports into world markets. His success was limited however, and his own wealth (often openly displayed) and impersonal style alienated many struggling Canadians. -
Statue of Westminster
In 1931, the British parliament passed the Statute of Westminster, a law that gave formal recognition to all countries with Dominion status ,such as Canada, full independence, stating that they were bound by no laws but their own. This gave the dominions complete independence, but in some cases complete independence in some areas were not achieved until later. The power to amend the Canadian constitution remained in the hands of the British until 1982. -
CBC
LinkThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as the CBC, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster. It became the one of the most popular radio stations in Canada -
S.S. St. Louis
LinkThe St. Louis was a German ocean liner most notable for a single voyage in 1939, in which her captain, Gustav Schröder, tried to find homes for the 937 German Jewish refugees after they were denied entry to Cuba, however, the refugees was denied sanctuary in Canada as well due to Canadaian immigration officials and cabinet ministers who were hostile to jewish imigration.
