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Influenza epidemic
As soilders returne home from the war, the country was sturck with a terrible epidemic "Spanish flu". To stop the spread of the flu, schools, threatres, and churches closed their doors. -
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The Winnipeg General Strike
Worker unrest came to a head in Winnipeg in 1919. Winnipeg was a growing economic centre. -
Bloody Saturday
Tensions reached the boiling point and violence broke out in the street. -
Results of the Strike
Many families, their saving gone, would never recover from their financial losses. -
Labour Leaders in Government
After the Winnipeg General Strike, labour leaders became more involved in politics. -
Aboriginal Political Movements
Throughout in 1920s and 1930s, Aboriginal nations struggled to keep their cultures and to have their rights recognized. -
New inventions bring change
New inventions such as the radio, mass-produced automoblies,and air travel had been universal -
Aviation
Canadian pilots who returned from world war 1 were anxious to continue flying. -
Jazz
Jazz was a kind of music of black american.In 1927, it moved to Canada. -
The Group of Seven
Canadian artists, particularly members of the Group of seven, were influenced by the impressionists. -
The discovery of insulin
Canadian medical researchers discoverd a ground-breaking treatment-insulin. -
A historic broadcast
One of the most famous sportscasters in canadian history called his first hockey game. -
Immigration
Canada passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. -
Talkies
It is a silent film. -
radio
In 1920s, the radio became a feature in many Canadian homes. -
Person's case
Women's group asked the prime minster to appoint a women to the senate. -
Golden age of sports
The 1920s were a golden age of women's sports. -
flapper
flapper was a young women who dressed outrageously. -
Great Depression
The worst economic down trun the country has ever faced. -
Causes of the Great Depression
Canada's economydepended heavily on a few primary or basic product, known as staples. -
Automobiles
Ford decided to apply to car manufacturing a method of mass production that was being used in some other industries. -
Black Tuesday
The day the stock market crashed in October 1929 was one of the most dramatic events signalling the depression. -
Five Cent Speech
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Bennett Buggy
People call these contraptions Bennett Buggies. -
Relief
Relief was emergency financial assistance given to some of the unemployed to keep them form starving. -
CBC and CRBC and NFB
The government creat it. -
Joseph-Aarmand Bombardier
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New Deal
Prime Minster R.B. Bennett control picesmso that businesses could not make unfair profits. -
New Political Parties
Neither the federal nor the provincial governments seemed to have fresh ideas for sloving the country's economic troubles. -
On to Ottawa Trek
Thousands of men fed up with life in the british columbia relief camps boarded freight trains bound for ottawa to protest to the government.
