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The Roaring 20s

The Roaring 20s. The economy Roars. Initially people struggled Recovery due to US investment Buying C anadian resources (wood and metals) Invested in Canada through Branch Plants Economy boomed – help by consumerism People investing in stock market Shown in value of $100 investments:

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The Roaring 20s

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  1. The Roaring 20s

  2. The economy Roars • Initially people struggled • Recovery due to US investment • Buying Canadian resources (wood and metals) • Invested in Canada through Branch Plants • Economy boomed – help by consumerism • People investing in stock market • Shown in value of $100 investments: • 1924 - $150m • 1928 - $500m

  3. Consumerism – Buy, buy, buy! • New money meant people wanted to spend • Increased holidays for workers – vacations! • New technologies all affordable for most: • Telephone • Radio • Cars

  4. Music and Culture • Also known as the Jazz Age • Jazz symbolic of feeling • Freer, no restrictions, fun • New opportunities – dance halls, movie theatres • Some worried about Americanisation of Canada

  5. Prohibition • Alcohol banned during WW1 • 1920 – not working • Too much bootlegging and problems • Soldiers used to European attitudes • 1921 – Allowed but controlled • Continued in US until 1933 • Cross-border smuggling – Rum Running

  6. Canadian Culture • New national pride in Canada from WW1, Versailles and afterwards • Group of 7 – Canadian landscapes • In BC, led by Emily Carr • Also CBC radio introduced Hockey night in Canada in 1936

  7. Women • WW1 saw progress – work and vote • After war women expected to return home – jobs for soldiers and also when married • If worked lower skilled and lower wages, 60% lower than men • 1921 – Agnes MacPhail first woman MP

  8. Are Women Persons? • Progress slow – only white and wealthy benefitted • 1916 – Emily Murphy Appointed Judge in Alberta • 1917 – decision is challenged – women are not designated person under BNA • Has to be a “fit and proper person” to be a judge • Murphy wins but only for Alberta

  9. The Person’s Case • 1927 - Murphy applies for Senate supported by the ‘Famous Five’ • 1928 - Senate decides women are not persons under BNA • Can’t change – up to British Government • 1929 – BNA Act changed by British Government – Women are now officially people and can become judges

  10. The Roaring 20s Overview • In what ways were the 20s roaring? • How does person’s case reflect: • Attitudes toward women? • Canada’s independence from Britain?

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