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Stock Market Crash
People started to sell stocks at a rapid rate. As well as some people having bought stocks on credit. This de-valued stocks and crashing the market -
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Unemployment During the Depression
30% of workforce unemployed by 1935. Gross National Expenditure fell by 42%. In 1933 unemployment was at 19%. The lowest unemployment rate before WWII was 9.1% in 1937. It stayed in a poor state until the start of WWII. -
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The Dust Bowl
The dust bowl greatly affected the prairie provinces. Lowering productivity to a standstill and making many farmers lose their houses and jobs. -
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R.B. Bennett's time in office
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Radical Political Movements
People were desperate for a change because of how the government refused to take action for years. This lead to some people looking for radical solutions. -
Unemployment Relief Camps
The government gave unemployed men a way to earn some money via relief camps. Unemployed men were paid 20 cents a day for hard labor. -
Formation of the CCF
The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation or now the NDP was founded during the depression. -
Women Win the Right to Hold Office in New Brunswick
Women were first allowed to have an active role in governing the general populous. -
Bennett's New Deal
Bennett proposed his "New Deal" in order to assist Canadians through the depression. The deal included progressive taxation, maximum number of work hours a week, minimum wage, stronger working condition regulations, unemployment insurance, health insurance, revised pension plan, agricultural support. -
On-to-Ottawa Trek
Men from the Relief Camps traveled to Vancouver, Ottawa and Regina to protest against the camps, culminating in the Regina Riot -
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Makenzie King's time in office
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Regina Riot
The Regina Riot was a violent continuation of the On-to-Ottawa Trek -
Unemployment
Unemployment reached an all time high in the 30s and the masses were outraged. This lead to mass protesting. -
WWII
