-
Influenza Outbreak
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide -
Period: to
Prohibition
This was the act of banning all alcoholic beverages -
Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 was the largest strike in Canadian history. More than 30,000 workers left their jobs. Factories, shops, transit and city services shut down. The strike resulted in arrests, injuries and the deaths of two protestors -
The Radio
The power of radio and the world of sports. After being introduced during World War I, radios became a common feature in American homes of the 1920s -
Leauge of Nations Established
The League of Nations was a international organization founded after the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. The League's goals included preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation and improving global welfare -
Discovery of Insulin
The discovery of insulin occurred in 1921 following the ideas of a Canadian orthopedic surgeon named Frederick G. Banting, which will help people with diabetes -
Womens Sufferage
By the close of 1922, all the Canadian provinces, except Quebec, had granted full suffrage to white and black women. -
The Famous Five
The five women have come to represent an entire generation's political activism, including an earlier, nationwide campaign for women's suffrage. -
Stock Market Crash
The Great Crash of 1929 in Canada. The wheat glut of 1928 threw the Winnipeg Grain Exchange into a spiral, triggering a depression in Canada's economy. It began to take shape on 24 October 1929, Black Thursday