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The St. louis
William Lyon Mackenzie King was the liberal prime minister, he convinced that allowing the Jewish refugees into canada will allow threaten the nations unity and his party's political to support Quebec. They showed the depth of anti-Semitism in the upper chambers of the Canadian government. There were passengers liner St. Louis left Hamburg, more than 900 Jews on board during the spring in 1939. -
Residential schools
Residential schools Starts in 1819, peaked in 1920-30s and closed in 1996. First nations children already attended the school, in 1920 the parliament changed the Indian act and they required the age of all children between the age of 7 and 15 to go to school. For many children who went to residential schools travelled hundreds and even thousands of kilometres from home. The point/goal of this school was to civilize the children's so they could fit into Canadian society. -
Residential schools (continue)
English was the only language they could speak and children weren't allowed to speak their first languages. Most of the school were run by churches, children were separated from their siblings, friends, and house in dormitories. Many teachers were very strict some of them were harsh and cruel some of the children's were required to do housework. Over the year there were about 150 000 aboriginal students attend schools. 80 residential schools were operating cross canada by 1931. -
Child Labour laws
When first European newcomers arrived that's when the child labour had existed but this attitudes changed in the late 9th and early 20th centuries. When canada began to increase urban, most of the children worked on farmers/entered apprenticeships skilled occupation more children found working in factories, mills and mines. -
Child labour laws (continue)
These jobs was really poor had poorly paid and failed to provide skills that children's could use to adults and others around them. In the 20th century the social reformers campaigned is to abolish child labor by making them attend school and could not be at work. -
Indian act
First nations weren't agreeing to not give up on their lands but could share the fruits of land. First nations set a side their exclusive use and then in 1876 the parliament passed the Indian act which it gives the government complete control over the lives of first nations people on reserve. -
Indian act (continue)
The act define who the qualified for Indian status then received the benefits promise in treaties. The benefits included health care, educations and etc. But acts took away the rights of first nations took away their right of vote and to govern themselves. The government appointed Indian agent controlled people's day to day activities. -
Immigration Politics
People that immigrates to canada they were three-quarter of 2.5 million immigrants that had come from European countries between 1896 and 1914 including the people from Ukraine ( about 150 000 ). Immigrations were affected by the push and pull factors. The push factors are the conditions, such as lack of political or religious freedom and famine that shows people to leave their homeland. -
Immigration Politics (continue)
And the pull factor is possibilities that exist in the place where people are going to and include chance of a better life as well as the political and religious freedom. -
Spanish Flue
The Spanish flu spread quickly in the trenches were the soldiers stay. The wounded soldiers return to Canada carrying the virus home with them in 1918. 100 days the flue spreading across canada. The parades and the crowds celebrated the end of the war in the late 1918 and helped spread the disease. Same in the other countries the flue was a global pandemic. -
Suffrage
The Canadian Women they began to campaign for suffrage (is to have right to vote). Emily stow was under the leadership in 1970s. Emily was the first women who practice medicine in canada, she went to United States to earn her degree then was denied to practice medicine in canada. -
Suffrage (continue)
In the early 1900s, four leaders named Nellie McClung, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Louise McKinney, and Emily Murphy they were the one who fought for women's right to vote. Only Ontario was the first one to allow some women to vote (widows, and unmarried woman). -
The Winnipeg general strike
Winnipeg building's trade went on a strike when there employees refused to negotiate and employees were increasing on May 1, 1919. When the striker joined the city metal workers they have to be settled by 11 am on May 15 and they end up not settling so the Winnipeg trade and labour council called for city strike to support the striking workers. -
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Hour later there were 20 000 members of 94 unions were off in there jobs. Days goes by the number has risen of strikers to 30,000 the strikers closed the factories, stores and street cars. -
Bloody Saturday
Before the Winnipeg Strike ended, saw the tragic event called "bloody Saturday" two men's were killed and 27 those injured as the Strikers fought the North West Mounted police. The strike began, May 12 about 30, 000 strikers took the streets. -
Pension
Canadians were living longer but a lot of older people excited in the poverty. Some people lived in farms and where everyone is (young and old) shared work and benefits. Discriminations were common that day most of the factories recruited younger workers and in cities they paid work for older people. -
Pension (continue)
Veterans with disabilities received small government pensions and senior citizens revived nothing. Before seniors citizen where require to receive their pension they were required to undergo means test and disclose all their assets. -
Insulin
The diabetes often affected the children and usually the fatal, in 1920 people knew about the diabetes, condition which the pancreas do not produce enough insulin. Frederick banting, doctor from Alliston, Ontario he believed that diabetes could be treated with injections of insulin. -
The stock market crash
Most of the stock were panicking because of the loss as a seller. In the same 12 million shared were sold out. Now Toronto stock exchanged fell by $1 million in a minute. -
Person's case
The famous five took there case to the Judicial committee if the privy counsel in London, England which was the last venue appeal. Person case establish the right of women to be appointed to the senate, the case was initiated by the famous five group of women activists. -
Group of seven
The group of seven were J.E.H. McDonald, Lawren S. Harris, Franklin Carmichael, Arthur Lismer, F.H. Varley, A.Y. Jackson, and Franz Johnston. They were the Canadian Painters this group was formed in 1920. -
The stock market crash
Great depression had many cause the historians agreed that the 1929 stock market crash was one of the most immediate. In September people begun to sell their stocks on the New York, Montreal, and Toronto exchanges. But Toronto stock exchange lost about $200 million in value in October 4. 400 000 shares were traded on Montreal stock changes which was sold about 25 000 share on a normal day In October 24. -
The regina riot
During the great depressions, there were more than a thousand single homeless unemployed men rode the trail to protest that led to a bloody crash. More than 2000 trekkers had reach Regina, Saskatchewan the federal government stop them there by June 14 1935, They wanted the leader of trekkers to meet in Ottawa while others will stay in Regina. Bennett agreed to pay for their foods to eat while waiting for leaders to come back. -
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But then the Ottawa meeting was failed to resolve anything. Bennett said that there was nothing wrong with the relief camps and that the trek leaders were nothing but communist agitators. He determined that the trek, what was he saw was as possible revolution in Canadian, would end in Regina. -
The regina riot
Within days the trekkers left Regina to go back home or relief camp in B.C by freight trains they gained nothing. In 1935 the federal election, Bennett's government was out and the relief camps were closed.
