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The Spanish Flu
The infuenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than world war 1 between 20 and 40 million people died. The spanish flu is also known as "La Grippe". This is important because the department of health was founded after this. -
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Winnipeg General Strike
Building and metal workers went on strike because they wanted higher wages. This went on for 3 days with 30, 000 people on strike.. This is important because now we have higher wages and custom hours. -
League of Indians
Aboriginals began to form groups and fought for rights in 1919. A mohawk veteran from world war one organized the league of indians. This was thier first attempt as a united voice. -
Branch Plants
Branch plants are a system that involves manufactoring and commercial firms to avoid the import tariffs. Profits from in went to canadian industries. -
Prohibition
Prohibition was the period in which the manufacture, sale and transportation of intoxicating liquors was outlawed. It was a time characterized by speaksies, glamour and gangsters. This went on from 1920-1933. Prohibition demonstrated that coercing people can be counterproductive and create severe problems. -
Group of Seven
The group of seven were a group of seven canadian landscape painters. Thr group was strongly influenced by european impressionism. -
Insulin
Insulin was discovered by fredick banting and charles best in search of a cure for diabetes. It was first tested on dogs. The first successful test on a human was in 1922. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Canada was suspicious about people that were non-british, the act was so disciminative that no chinease canadians could vote and they worked menial jobs. -
RCAF
The royal canadian air force was the air force of canada from 1924-1968 then the three branches of the canadian military were merged into the canadian armed forces -
On To Ottawa Trek
Men from B.C. that were sick and tired of life went to releif camps and they were going to protest in ottawa but RCMP stopped them at regina. -
Persons Case
Five alberta women fought a legal battle for women to be recognized as people under the BNA act. The rights for women were achevieved in 1929. -
Black Tuesday
Business people who bought, sold and invested in stocks were suprised when the night before they were fairly rich, then the next day they beecame poor since the stock market crashed and they lost all thier money. -
Five Cent Speech
Willian Lyon Mackenzie King made a speech called the five cent speech. The speech was about the social welfare being the responsibilities of the provinces. -
Statute Of Westminster
British parliment issued statuee of westminster and this allowed canada to make thier own laws and regulations. -
New Deal
The new deal is the name given to Franklin D. Roosevelts plan to help bring the nation out of the great depression. -
CBC
The government created the canadian radio broadcasting commission. It became canadian broadcasting company in 1936. It was created to work against the americans and to encourage the development of canadian programs. -
S.S. St. Louis
The ss st louis was a ship that set sail from Hamburg to Havana. There were 937 jewish people on board to cuba but were refused and were sent back to europe.
