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Yes! Roar On! Music and Dance

?. Yes! Roar On! Music and Dance. US Radio played the latest music, Canadians listened Jazz was the hot new music for radio, and live performances in clubs Dances were becoming more upbeat, free from rules and a way to let loose! Charleston Black Bottom Lindi (lindy) hop. Fads and Fashion.

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Yes! Roar On! Music and Dance

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  2. Yes! Roar On!Music and Dance • US Radio played the latest music, Canadians listened • Jazz was the hot new music for radio, and live performances in clubs • Dances were becoming more upbeat, free from rules and a way to let loose! • Charleston • Black Bottom • Lindi (lindy) hop

  3. Fads and Fashion Women • The “Flapper” look resisted the old idea of “proper feminine attire” • Wore knee-length, beaded dresses • Smoking and drinking in public • Wore big boots (galoshes) with undone buckles • This made the “flapping noise”

  4. Consumerism • Department stores (like Eaton’s) sent out catalogues across the country, Canadians spent money on new clothes, radios, cars etc.

  5. NO! Not roaring! Immigration • 20% of population is recent immigrants in 1919 • Government still has preferred list of immigrants (white British and Americans) • Visible and religious minorities at the bottom • Chinese Immigration Act (1923) • Banned Chinese people from immigrating to Canada until 1947 • Restricted immigration Japanese and Black American immigrants • Ku Klux Klan was active and visible in Canada at this time

  6. Chinese Head Tax survivor Canadian KKK members outside their Vancouver office

  7. First Nations • Government attempted to assimilate first nations; make them “civilized for Canadian society” • Took children from families, placed into residential (boarding) schools • Forbidden to speak native language, practice native culture • Forced to wear “proper” (European) uniforms • Practice Christianity, study all the benefits of “white society” • After leaving school at 18, were rejected from Canadian cities and towns, but could no longer function in their native communities…

  8. Residential School Legacy • Mortality rate over 5 years was 30-60% at some schools • After being at school for 5 years, 30 to 60 % of the students had died • Some schools were the site of severe physical, psychological and sexual abuse • The last residential school closed in 1998 in Lebret, Sask. • Federal government and Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially apologized to aboriginal Canadians on June 11, 2008

  9. Prohibition: No Alcohol Law outlawing sale and consumption of alcohol • Every province but Quebec • Enforcement of the law was more relaxed in 1920’s • Illegal, underground bars popped up, called speakeasies • Tension between Canada and USA (very strict alcohol rules) • Many Canadians got rich by selling alcohol to Americans (illegally) • Samuel Bronfman made millions of dollars, and later founded Seagram's (still produces whiskey today)

  10. Roaring? You decide! • Clearly there were good and bad aspects to life in 1920’s Canada Was this a positive chapter in Canadian history? • For everyone? For most? For some?

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