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Spanish Flu
The Spanish Flu is a dangerous virus that spreads throughout the respiratory system. The Spanish Flu caused the deadliest pandemic in history, it infected an estimate of 500 million people world wide and killed around 20-50 million people -
Prohibition
Prohibition stopped the production of alcohol throughout Canada. Meaning that it was also illegal to transport it and import it. Canada made prohibition in an act to stop grain from being used in alcohol and for it to be used to feed the soldiers during World War 1. After the ban alcohol was still being produced and made by bootleggers and was transported by rum runners -
Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg General Strike was the biggest strike in Canadian history. With over 35,000 Canadian workers leaving their jobs to protest in the streets because of their low paying and unclean work environments -
Bloody Saturday
Bloody Saturday was an event that happened on June 21st 1919, during the Winnipeg General Strike, bunches of people had gathered to watch a parade protesting the arrest of strike leaders, but since those parades have been banned at the time the police got evolved and one person died and 30 were injured and over 100 were arrested. -
Residential Schools
Residential schools were religious schools that were made to turn Indigenous children into Canadian culture. an estimated 150,000 First Nation and Inuit children attended residential schools. -
The Jazz Age
Jazz was a music genre that hit an all time high in the 1920s and was played in almost every pub. Jazz was a very energetic type of music that made it easy for people dance to. There were many different jazz dances that popularized in the 1920s like the Charleston. -
Bennet Buggy
The Bennet Buggy was a cheaper way on transportation that involved a horse pulling a car with no engine. The Bennett Buggy was named after the Prime Minister Richard Bennett -
Flappers
Flappers were young women that were know for their happiness, freedom, their short hair and their short dresses and their love for jazz clubs. https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/flappers -
The Discovery on Insulin\The First Time it was used
Insulin was discovered by two scientists in the University of Toronto in Canada and was a way to treat diabetes. On January 23, 1922, 14-year-old Leonard Thompson became the first person to receive an insulin injection as treatment for diabetes. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act
This act banned all Chinese from entering Canada, aside for working students and merchants. Canadians feared that the Chinese would take over their jobs and continue taking over. -
The Persons Case
The Persons Case was a movement made by four women Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Edwards, Irene Parlby, To protest for women to be considered 'persons' -
Talkies
Talkies were the earliest feature-length movies with recorded sound included only music and effects. Talkies were a big improvement from films originally because they had sound and were longer. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the day of the major stock market crash in Canada. during the 1920s many people invested in the stock market because they kept making more money from it but on October, 29, 1929 the stock market crashed any more than 50% of Canadians went into poverty and lost their jobs. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the biggest economic downturn for Canada. Many Canadians had to sell all of their good to make money because of all the lost jobs. Many Canadians went into debt as well. -
On To Ottawa Trek
The On To Ottawa Trek was a movement for unemployed men lived in relief camps that involved men protesting by jumping on Ottawa trains and riding them.