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Assembly Lines were Introduced
The assembly line developed by the "Ford Motor Company" between 1908 and 1915 made assembly lines famous in the following decade through the concepts like mass production, such as the affordability of the Ford Model T and the introduction of high wages for Ford workers. Henry Ford was the first to master the "art" of the Assembly Line and made it more effective. Assembly Lines made units cost less to reproduce and made them faster to build. -
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Canada in the 1920s-30s
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The Spanish flu
The Spanish flu affected those who were young and healthy, opposed to those who are elderly and weak, which was very uncommon for an influenza disease. was said to be the most deadliest disease in world history, killing 20-40 million people, more than the death toll of World War 1. It spread all over the world, some countries had it worse than others. -
Prohibition
Prohibition was a law given in the year 1918. This law ensured that the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors was banned. Women's groups campaigned for the ban, supported by many people, they pointed out that grain should be used to feed soldiers and civilians, rather than to make alcohol. This law was accepted by every provincial government except Quebec. This law had both positive and negative effects. -
Winnipeg genreal strike
Manitoba was crippled by a massive and dramatic general strike. Frustrated by unemployment, inflation, poor working conditions and regional disparities after World War I. The strike ended in "Bloody Saturday" when the Royal North-West Mounted Police attacked a gathering of strike supporters. Two strikers were killed, 30 wounded and many arrested. Workers won little in the strike, and it was another 20 years before collective bargaining was recognized in Canada. -
League of Indians
The League of Indians was a united voice for Aboriginal nations. The government wanted to set free the aboriginals. This would grant them the right to vote but only if they are not Aboriginals anymore. The Aboriginals refused. In the end, the Aboriginals had been banned for raising funds for land claims and traditional ceremonies. -
The group of seven
As art continued to change, artists around the world were experimenting with the new ways of expressing themselves. A famous group of Canadian artists, known as the Group of Seven, were particularly influenced by Canada's landscape and the realm of impressionism.Their first exibition of paintings was held in May 1920 at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The Group of Seven consisted of; Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, Frank Johnston, J.E.H Macdonald, F.H. Varley and Franklin Carmichael. -
Election of William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King was elected as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada and was known to be one of the most successful political leaders of his age. He was in power from Dec 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926. King was known to be cautious, careful, and extremely shrewd, with his most important goal of national unity. Mackenzie King dominated the Liberal party and political life in Canada for almost 30 years until his death in the year 1950. -
Discovery of insulin
Insulin
24 Nov 1922
Insulin is a treatment discovered by Frederick Banting. It is a medicine to help prevent diabetes. Frederick Banting, Charles Best and J.B. Collip helped treat diabetes in the late 1922s. In 1923, Frederick Banting and J.R.R. Macleod got the Nobel Prize for discovering insulin. Banting and Macleod shared their award money with Best and Collip. There is still arguements on who deserved the credit for discovering insulin. -
Reasons for Chinese Exclusion Act
Canada was suspicious about people that were non-British, they also had hatred towards immigrants (Xenophobia), and they wanted immigrants that were easy to be assimilated; foreigners had to pass a English Literacy Test, the act was so discriminative that it forbidded Chinese Canadians to vote and they'd work in menial jobs, and this was related to political, social, economic and cultural factors -
Invention of the Battery-less radio tube
Edward Samuel Rogers, at the age of 27, invented the first battery-less radio tube which ran on alternating current (AC). Before this, home radio receivers had to be operated with rechargeable batteries. Now a radio could be developed which plugged into an electric socket in the home. His son, the late Ted Rogers, was the head of communications giant Rogers Cablesystems. -
The persons case
In the 1920s, women had the right to vote in most provinces but what they did not have was the same amount of rights men did. They were also not considered "persons". Outraged by this, Emily Murphy, Nellie McLung, Louis McKinney, Henrietta Edwards and Irene Parlby joined together and formed the group known as the Famous Five. Together they appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada and as a result, obtained rights similar to those of men. -
Black tuesday
The Great Crash, also known as "Black Tuesday", was the day the stock market crashed in October 1929. This was one of the most dramatic events which contributed to the beginning of the Great Depression. At the time, people had bought plenty of stocks when the price was low and then sold them when the price was high. The people who invested in the stock market lost everything including their jobs, money, cars and houses. -
5 Cent Speech
The Five Cent Speech was a speech said by Mackenzie King in 1930 to avoid the Great Depression. The Five Cent Speech said that he wouldn't give any money who lost their jobs unless that province had a Liberal government. Due to this speech, this lead Mackenzie King out of the election and lead to a new Conservative Prime Minister R.B. Bennett. -
Prime Minister R.B. Bennett
Prime Minister Bennett was the General of National Services, he created The Relief Act in 1932, the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission and he was a Leader of Opposition. He was also a part of the Conservative Party. Bennett was too closely associated with the Depression. Since the unemployment rate was so high, the Relief Act provided unemployed single men with a subsistence living. -
Foster Hewitt and Hockey Night in Canada
Foster Hewitt was born on November 21,1902 in Toronto Canada and died on April 21,1985. He was a Canadian Broadcaster most famous for his play-by-play call for Hockey Night In Canada.For 40 years, Hewiit was Canada's Broadcaster for Hockey Noght In Canada the first radio station widely listened to by Canadians. He coined the phrase "he shoots, he scores." He was also famous for his phrase in the beginning of Hockey Night In Canada. Hockey Night In Canada first began in 1931 -
Statue Of Westminister
The Statue of Westminister, 11 Dec.,1931 was a British law clarifying the powers of Canada's parliament and those of other Dominions and granting the colonies full legal freedom except in those areas where they choose to be of lower rank. Until this time British power overruled that of the Dominions. The Imperial Conference in 1926 began to give to give legal substance that Britian and the Dominions were equal in status. At the resquest and consent of the Dominions the Statue of Westminister was -
First New Deal
During the Great Depression the “New Deal” was Prime Minister R.B Bennett’s promise to more progressive taxation system, a maximum work week, a minimum wage, closer ruling of working conditions, unemployment insurance, health and accident insurance, revised old-age allowance, and agricultural support programs (Canadian Encyclopaedia). People who owned cars could no longer afford gas, so they used horses to drag the cars; this was called “Bennett Buggies”. -
On-to-Ottawa Trek
n 1932, the government set up a number of relief camps located in isolated northern areas of the country. The camps were run by the Department of National Defence. Single men of 18 years of age and older worked eight hour days doing hard labour. In return, they were given food, shelter, clothing, and a pay of 20cents a day. Fed up with life in relief camps, many men boarded trains headed to ottawa to protest. They demanded clear economic reforms (i.e. minimum wage,social/ unemployment insurance) -
Creation of CBC
Canadian government formed this company with the assistance of a Canadian banker named Sir John Aird & PM Bennett. There were more stations created across Canada to enhance the quality of Canadian broadcasting; it was first CRBC and then it became CBC. Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission & Canadian Broadcasting Commission were radio stations in Canada. In 1939, CBC covered the entire tour to Canada by George VI & Queen Elizabeth & the news got to distant places as well
