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Spanish Flu
the flu had stuck British trenches in France in early 1918 and spread very quickly to the German trenches. The Spanish Flu started to make its appearance in North America in September of 1918 and when it had run its course by late 1919.There was no specific treatment for the Spanish Flu. Just as we do today, bed rest, lots of fluids and antibiotics for any ancillary infection. In the end no one knows how many lives were lost worldwide to Spanish Flu. Estimates were between 20 and 100 million. -
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Prohibition
Prohibition was an attempt to forbid by law the selling and drinking of intoxicating beverages.
In March of 1918 the government made it illegal. -
Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg General Strike, lasted from May 15th to June 25th 1919, is Canada's best-known strike, The employers of the Winnipeg Builders Exchange and the unions grouped together under the Building Trades Council and started the strike which caused much disruption. People were being arrested and deported under Canadas new Law on Immigration. -
Group of seven
The Group of Seven were a group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s,
In 1919 they began to call themselves the Group of Seven, and by 1920 they were ready for their first exhibition.
The Group was formed in Toronto in 1920. The members of the Group were: Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, Frank Johnston, J.E.H Macdonald, F.H. Varley and Franklin Carmichael.They tried to establish a more equitable and independent relationship between art and nature. -
Insulin
Over a million people in North America had diabetes
in the summer of 1921, Medical Researchers managed to isolate insulin with the help of J.B. Collip
By late 1922 was made available to people to treat their diabetes. -
Prime minister/ Mackenzi King
Who=William Lyon Mackenzie King,
What= the longest serving Prime Minister
When=from december 29th 1991-june 28th 1926
Where= In Canada
why=He made a lot of things which made him important to history. eg) his leadership of Canada through World War II from 1939 to 1945 -
Foster Hewit
Foster William Hewitt, was a Canadian national recipient of the order of Canada.
He was born on November 21 1902 and passed away on April 21, 1985.
Foster William Hewitt was born in Toronto, Ontario
he was a legendary hockey play-by-play announcer
Announced games for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927 to 1955 -
chinese exclusion act
Chinese Exclusion Act was an act passed by the Parliament of Canada, banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada.
Immigration from most countries was controlled or restricted in some way, but only the Chinese were so completely prohibited from immigrating. -
RCAF
On April 1st 1924 "Royal" was added to the CAF to make it the Royal Canadian Air Force. A major undertaking by the RCAF during 1927–1928 was the Hudson Strait Expedition whose purpose was to investigate ice movements and navigation conditions in the Hudson Strait in preparation for the possible creation of a shipping port in Hudson Bay. -
Black tuesday
The stock market values were flying high in Canada, but suddenly it crashed causing the Great Depression. This was significant because many people lost their homes and had huge debts. -
5 Cent Speech
In 1930, Prime Minister Mackenzie King made a political mistake
He insisted that social welfare
so the King declared that he would not give a "five-cent pieve" to any province that did not have a LIberal government. -
statue of wesminister
Statute of Westminster is a British law clarifying the powers of Canada's Parliament
The Statute is of historical importance -
On to Ottawa Trek
The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a 1935 social movement of unemployed men protestingconditions in federal relief camps across Western Canada.
The men lived and worked in these camps at a rate of twenty cents per day before walking out on strike in April 1935 -
CBC
CBC is Canada's longest existing broadcasting network.
But before it became a full crown corporation it was used to broadcast programming to riders bording trains, with coverage primarily in central and eastern Canada. -
SS St. Louis
The S.S. St. Louis was part of the Hamburg-American Line.
It had been docked in Hamburg,
waiting for the voyage to transport German Jewish refugees to Cuba
