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CANADA IN THE 1920S

CANADA IN THE 1920S. 1920s TEAM CANADA JERSEY. THE 1919 WINNIPEG GENERALSTRIKE. POST WW I FEELINGS. Soldiers arrived home from WW I to find few support services & few jobs,. AN UNEASY ADJUSTMENT. Wartime workers faced low wages (war wages) &inflation.

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CANADA IN THE 1920S

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  1. CANADA IN THE 1920S 1920s TEAM CANADA JERSEY

  2. THE 1919 WINNIPEG GENERALSTRIKE POST WW I FEELINGS Soldiers arrived home from WW I to find few support services & few jobs, AN UNEASY ADJUSTMENT Wartime workers faced low wages (war wages) &inflation. 30 000 people walked off the job and fought for better wages, conditions, & collective bargaining. Ended with Bloody Saturday. Anti – strikers feared the Red Scare RESULTS The turn to communism was more about revolt than actual communism ONE BIG UNION Uniting all workers to fight for rights. Demands for wages, conditions & unions

  3. Canada’s Economy By mid 1920s Canadian industry improved. - wheat - pulp & paper - mining - forestry - consumer goods - hydro CANADA’S CHANGING ECONOMY Early 20s Mid 20s • THE U.S.A. INVESTS IN CANADA • U.S.A. replaced Britain as our largest • trade partner. • Branch plants beat Canadian tariffs. • The British tended to loan money • ‘The Big Three’ (GM/Ford/Chrysler) • All of Canada switched to driving on the right. • Primary vs Secondary Industry • Canadian focus = raw resources • American focus = secondary resources • The U.S. made the real $$$$$ CANADIAN BOOTLEGGING Canadian prohibition ended 1921. U.S. prohibition ended 1933. WCTU = prohibition During WW I

  4. Canada PM Jean Chretien Has Canada truly made a name for itself? British PM John Major (left), Chinese President Jiang Zemin (second from left), and US President Bill Clinton (second from right) watch a parade of veterans and troops in Moscow square to commemorate the 50th anniversary of WW II. “Man at right is unidentified”

  5. WORLD WIDE 20s‘THE LONG WEEKEND’ ‘THE JAZZ AGE’ Charlie Chaplin Charles Lindberg Stock Market ‘Buying On Margin’

  6. 1920 = INCREASE IN MOBILITY communications ‘THE ROARING 20s’ Bush Pilots Wilfrid “Wop” May Two Way Radio 1920 Model T arts Sports medicine Frederick Banting Insulin 1923 = First Radio Broadcast The Flapper ASSIGNMENT DO – p. 70 #1-4 p.71 # 1-4 FOR DISCUSSION Hemlines! Stockings! What scandalizes parents today?

  7. WOMEN Emily Murphy THE ‘PERSONS’ CASE MISSING THE ROARNot everyone enjoyed the good times. Emily Murphy ran for magistrate/judge but was excluded as by law not a “person.” By 1929, the famous five established women’s rights but the reality was often different. Supreme Court of Aberta => Yes to Murphy. Supreme Court of Canada => No to “Persons” Privy Council in Britain => Yes to “Persons” Faced social & political restrictions - Homemakers - secretaries/nurses etc. - paid less - gained franchise but jobs limited - Agnes Macphail – 1st & only politician. Nelly McClung ABORIGINALS • - Despite WW I soldiers also not “persons.” • No right to provincial vote until 1949. Federal = 1960. • Residential schools and assimilation still encouraged. • Enfranchisement – took away status. • Banned cultural events ie. Potlatches. • Struggled for Aboriginal Titles, cut-off lands/treaties, self-determination. AFRICAN AMERICANS • Discouraged immigration. • Blatant discrimination. • Ed. Act 1918 separate Black schools • until 1954. (Nova Scotia) • Acts of tolerance began. • City of Edmonton refused • pool bans. IMMIGRATION • - British & American preference. • Restricted Asians. • Labour = pro restrictions. • Business = anti restrictions (low wages) • 1925 economy up and eased restrictions. Vancouver 1925

  8. Women’s Progress The cartoon shown below appeared in The Globe of January 18, 1924. • Questions • What message do you think the • cartoonist is trying to convey? • 2. a. On which “step: do you think the • woman in the cartoon would standing • in 1895? • b. On which step would she be • standing in 1989? • 3. What two changes in the laws of • Canada did women demand during • World War I? • 4. Do you feel that women have: • more rights than men • the same rights as men • less rights than men

  9. FEDERALISM AND REGIONALISMFEDERALISM – A political system that divides power between provincial and federal legislatures.REGIONALISM – Looking over the affairs of different regions. • THE MARITIMES • small population = few seats. • Business moving to central. • demand for coal down. • THE PRAIRIES • frustrated with duties and tariffs. • farmers wanted free trade & lower freight rates. • set up own parties (“United Farmers Party” / Progressive Party) • QUEBEC • Fought to preserve culture. • U.S. invested in Quebec => economy boomed. • Cheap labour, pulp & paper, hydro, aluminum. • WESTERN INTERESTS • West felt East got all the benefits. • Forests, mining, pulp,Vancouver port. • => increased western powers 1921 ELECTION Mackenzie-King Arthur Meighen Conservative – principles -offended people Liberal – compromise -middle path See regionalism cartoon on page 78. Liberals won Canada’s first Minority Gov’t

  10. 4. THE BALFOUR REPORT - Made Can. an autonomous community within the Brt. Empire. (all other dominions as well) 5.THE STATUTE OF WESTMINISTER - Turned the Balfour Report into law in 1931. - Officially made the Brt. Empire, the Brt. Commonwealth. - Can. became a country = to Britain. Note – BNA Act still in Brt. as the provinces & Feds couldn’t agree on the amending formula. • THE CHANAK CRISIS • Britain threatened Turkey over Chanak port. • Can. never ‘jumped’ => sent to parliament. • Crisis ended before Can. made a decision. • THE HALIBUT TREATY • - Canada negotiated treaty with U.S. • - Mack.-King refused to let Britain sign • deal. • - first treaty signed and negotiated • by Can. • 3. THE KING-BYNG CRISIS • Mack.-King wanted G.G. to dissolve • parliament & call an election to avoid scandal. • G.G. role diminished to a pawn. CANADA’S GROWING INDEPENDENCE Lord Balfour The Chanak Port would give Turkey access to Europe through the Black Sea. PM King (Minority Gov’t) • Note – Harper forced GG Jean to prorogue parliament to avoid non-confidence vote in 2008. G.G. Byng

  11. THE STOCK MARKET CRASH On Tuesday, October 29, 1929, the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.

  12. ESSAY QUESTION Discuss the following statement. “The 1920s were the most flamboyant time in history.” ORGANIZATION Intro. => Political, Social, Economic => Conclusion Intro. => Agree / Disagree => Conclusion Others???

  13. ESSAY OUTLINE QUESTION Introduction => Thesis Statement (3) __________________________________________ Socially => ___________ ___________ __________ __________ ____________ Economically =>___________ ___________ _________ __________ ____________ Politically => ___________ ___________ __________ _________ __________ ___________ Conclusion=> One complete summary statement that ties in the Great Depression. (3) ______________________________

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