Timeline Assignment: 1918-1938

At the time there wasn't much known of this disease so they didn't know how to treat it. It started in birds, then pigs and then to humans. Humans then carried it to Europe where it was able to spread very quickly in the poor conditions of the trenches and then back to Canada when wounded soldiers returned home. The Spanish flu became a pandemic which killed 50 million peope.

Alcohol was being blamed for all kinds of social problems, from crime, public drunkenness, family violence to poverty. Before and during World War 1 there was a temperance movement that closed all bars and made alcohol illegal. The federal government used the War Time Act to start Prohibition, meaning anybody who wanted alcohol had to buy it from criminals at a high price. Prohibition lasted until 1921.

Many restrictive government laws made during World War 1 continued afterward. As soldiers returned home the unemployment grew so policies denied entry to new people. As well as people who sided with the central powers, were illiterate, held socialist or communist beliefs, had customs were denied entry. People seeking refuge were treated the same way as other immigrants. The only immigrants Canada would allow were British, farmers or white Americans.

When Emily Murphy was made a police magistrate, she was not accepted by her male coworkers because she was a woman and they weren't considered persons. Which led her, Henrrieatte Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, and Irene Parlby to start the Persons Case. In October of 1929, the five women went to the Privy council in Britain. Where the councilors declared that Canadian women are persons.

The main supporter was Duncan Campbell Scott. The school was for all Indiana children from the age of 7-15, they were forced to attend. Many kids were taken multiple kilometers from their homes and separated from their siblings and friends. They weren't allowed to speak anything but English and they couldn't believe their native religions. The teachers were cruel and the kids were forced to do labor to reduce the schools operating cost. Their goal was to make the child fit in Canadian society.

The paintings the Group of Seven painted helped grow Canada's identity. They were starting to branch off into their own distinctive styles, rather than following the European styles and techniques. The leaders were Emily Carr and Tom Thomson. The Group of Seven were J.E.H MacDonald, Lawren S. Harris, Franklin Carmichael, Arthur Lismer, F.H. Varley, A.Y. Jackson and Franz Johnston.

No one really knew anything about diabetes. All they knew was that it was when your body wasn't getting enough insulin and that it only affected children and was usually fatal. A doctor named Fredrick Banting thought he could treat it by injecting insulin into people with diabetes. So with the help of Charles Best, they injected Lenoard Thompson with animal insulin. He was a 14 year old diabetic who got better soon after receivng treatment.

Fascism started in Germany, after World War 1. Germanies economy had been damaged by the cost of reparations and lots of people were upset with Article 231. Germans wanted a leader that would be able to solve their problems. Which happened to be Adolf Hitler, he became the leader of a new political party called the National Socalist German Workers Party.

China and Japan were both unwelcomed immigrants in Canada so they had to pay a head tax and they were not allowed to vote. When the law was passed male Chinese workers were not allowed to bring their families to Canada. Meaning their wives had to raise their children alone and normally in poverty. Between 1923 and 1947, less than 50 Chinese people immigrated to Canada.

In 1927 lots of elderly people were in poverty and age discrimination was very common. So Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King passed the Old Age Pensions Act. It was only available for British people who were 70 and older, had lived in Canada for more than 20 years, in their specific province for five years, had an annual income less than $365 and was a non-status Indian. They would receive $20 every month from the pensions.

When tariffs were added to imports after World War 1, farmers were forced to lower the price of wheat. Then again in 1932, farmers in Saskatchewan were having trouble paying their expenses. Many went bankrupt or left their farms. In 1928, there wasn't much rainfall in the Prairies making it hard to grow crops and dried out the soil. So, when the strong winds blew the topsoil it covered hectares if farmlands and more. Grasshoppers also ate what ever crops farmers were able to grow.

Lots of children had been working in factories, mills and mines, all which were too unsafe for kids to be working in. So, the provincial government passed laws that banned children under the age of 14 from working on factories/mines. They also had to attend school, which kept them out of such workplaces. This didn't stop child labour completely but it did keep them out of such dangerous workplaces.

2000 trekkers went to Saskatchewan to speak with Bennett. He agreed to speak with leaders, who were upset about the relief camps. The meeting failed to solve any problems and citizens had joined the trekkers. Upon returning the police and RCMP tried to arrest the leaders. When they attacked, and the crowd fought back. One policeman was killed, many others injured. The trekkers returned to B.C. and by the next election Bennett was overthrown and the camps were closed.

Bombardier Inc. was started by Joseph-Armand Bombardier, who wanted to make it easier for people to get from place to place in the snow. It was well known for its commercial aircrafts, business jets, subway systems, and rail manufacturing. The first snowmobile came out in 1936-1937 and was an immediate hit. Bombardier Inc. is now a ginormous company, known worldwide.

At the time the leadership over Canada was unwelcoming to immigration for fear of weakening its national unity. So when the St. Louis passenger liner left Germany with 900 German Jewish refugees on it looking for safety in Cuba, the U.S. and Canada they were not allowed to get off the boat. The St. Louis then went to Europe where some refugees were accepted. Although, Germany took over those countries in World War 2 and over half the passengers were killed by Nazis.