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Prohibition
Prohibition in Canada refers to a movement and a succession of actions at the local, county and provincial for the prohibition of alcohol, beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing well into the twentieth century. The temperance movement reached its height in Canada in the 1920s, when outside imports were cut off by provincial referendums. -
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1920s-1930s
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League of Indians
In the 1920s and 1930s, Aboriginal peoples began to form organizations to fight for their rights. In 1919 Frederick Loft, a Mohawk veteran from World War I, organized the League of Indians. The league was the first attempt at a united voice for Aboriginal nations. -
Winnipeg General Strike
In the 6 weeks sunmer of Winnipeg in 1919, Manitoba was crippled by a general strike. Workers from both the private and public sectors joined forces to shut down or drastically reduce most services. The workers were orderly and peaceful, but the reaction from the employers, city council and the federal government was aggressive. The strike ended in "Bloody Saturday", Workers won little in the strike, and it was another 20 years before collective bargaining was recognized in Canada. -
Branch Plants
At the beginning of the twentieth century, American investors took greater control over the industries. American introduced the branch plant system. These branch industries were copies of the American parent company. They produced the same product as the parent company in the US,but the products could be marked "Made in Canada.“ In this way, the parent company avoided paying high tariffs on imports at the border. -
The Group of Seven
Art and especially was changing considerably when the turn of the century. Canadian artists, particularly members of the Group of Seven, were influenced by the Impressionists. The first exhibition of paintings by the Group was held in May 19. The Group of Seven consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley. -
Prime Minister Mackenzie King
Mackenzie King was a prime minister of Canada in 1921-26, 1926-30, 1935-48, he had been the prime minister for a total of 22 years. Mackenzie King was mild-mannered and had a bland public personality. He was the first Canadian federal government Deputy Minister of Labour. He also worked as a labour consultant for the Rockefeller Foundation. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1923, Canada stopped Chinese immigration to Canada for almost one fourth of a century, this was effected by Canada passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. So on July 1st, 1923, the day the Canadian Chinese Exclusion Act came into effect, is known as 'humiliation day'. -
Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was created in 1924. The government believed military planes could be justified only if they were used for peaceful purposes as well. In 1927, the post office hired pilots to fly mail into remote communities within Canada. -
Person’s Case
Women were given the right to vote in most Canadian provinces. Indeed, women were not legally recognized as "persons." Furthermore, when women married, they lost all of their rights. The "Famous 5" contested the legal interpretation of the word "person" before the Supreme Court of Canada in 1927. in 1929, women acquired the right to exercise official functions, to attend university, and to practice a liberal trade. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the Tuesday on Octorber 29th, 1929, This was the last of the important days leading to the Wall Street Crash of 1929. After 'Black Thursday', 'Black Friday' and 'Black Monday'; Tuesday led to 16,000,000 being traded after huge losses were announced. This was due to loss of investor confidence. The total decrease for the week would be $30 billion. -
Prime Minister R.B. Bennett
Richard Bedford Bennett was a Prime Minister of Canada from August 7, 1930, to October 23, 1935. He's in Conservative Party of Canada. We mention him because his achievements were the creation of both the Bank of Canada and the Canadian Wheat Board in 1935 and the creation of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission in 1932. He is also the only Prime Minister not buried in Canada. -
Statute of Westminster
The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, they just made it equal for the self-governing dominions of the British Empire and the United Kingdom, with a few residual exceptions, notably India. It's important because it shows the effective legislative independence of these countries, either immediately or upon ratification. -
New Deal
The New Deal is a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936. The "3 Rs": relief, recovery, and reform. The realignment crystallized into the New Deal Coalition that dominated most American elections into the 1960s, while the opposition Conservative Coalition largely controlled Congress from 1938 to 1964. -
On-to-Ottawa Trek
It's such a long journey for the On-to-Ottawa Trek, thousands of people had unemployed men protesting the dismal conditions in federal relief camps scattered in remote areas across Western Canada. Public support for the men was enormous and they decided to take their grievances to the federal government. On June 3, 1935, hundreds of men boarded boxcars headed east in what would become known as the “On-to-Ottawa Trek.” -
SS St. Louis
On May 13 1939 the SS St. Louis set sail from Hamburg for Havana. On board were 937 Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Nazi Germany after the horror of Kristallnacht, the pogrom of shop-burning and mass arrests the previous November. Each passenger carried a valid visa for temporary entry into Cuba. It was one of the last ships to leave Nazi Germany before Europe was engulfed in war.
