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Flu Union

IsolationNation

Booze Shmooze

PrestigeWorldwide

And The Rest Is History

This killed MORE people worldwide than the Great

War.

Influenza Virus:

It killed approximately 50 million people worldwide –

50,000 Canadians in the first year alone.

Why were there labour problems (leading to the

birth of unions) in Canada after WWI?

-Factories were closing after the war.

-Soldiers returning from war wanted their jobs back.

-Increased competition for employment meant employers could

keep wages low

Working class people all over the world wanted all

workers to organize in order to protect the rights of workers and form this in

1919:

One Big Union

This event in Russia over threw Russian leaders.

Governments all over the world feared the same thing could happen in

their country.

Bolshevik Revolution

Metal workers wanted 85 cents per hour and walked off the job, which was the

start of this event in Canadian history:

‘The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919

35,000 workers joined in ‘sympathetic strikes across

Canada that lasted six weeks. This led to ‘Bloody Saturday’,

where police attacked a strikers’ parade – killing 2,

injuring 20.

Name the three areas of Canada experiencing political unrest in the

1920’s.

The West, Quebec and the Maritimes.

Regarding isolation in peace time, what does

‘Non-Intervention’ mean?

Avoid affairs and wars that don’t directly deal with your territory or the self defence of the territory.

Regarding isolation in peace time, what does ‘Protectionism’ mean?.

Create legal barriers to prevent trade/cultural

exchange with people in other countries/states.

This event began in 1916 as a means to save money

for the war effort.

Prohibition

After the Winnipeg General Strike, the

Immigration Act was ammended, which

permitted this:

The deportation of radical aliens

However, investigations proved that the strike wasn’t

a criminal conspiracy by foreigners.

What province was the last to abolish prohibition?

PEI

What’s up wit dat?

This women’s group was at the front lines in

persuading governments to ban the sale of

alchohol.

WCTU: Women’s Christian Temperence Union

Private clubs with peepholes at the entrance.

Speak-Easies

The smoked, drank, danced and voted!

Flappers

Why was prohibition abolished?

-impossible to enforce-gave gangsters too much

power-governments losing valuable tax revenue

-unpopular with majority of citizens

-government agreed to start liquor control policies

1921 was the first year for this sporting event:

The Grey Cup

In 1922, this doctor discovered insulin as a treatment for Diabetes.

Dr. Frederick Banting

‘Little Tramp’ was a box office boom starring this

actor:

Charlie Chaplin

Although she was Canadian, she was known as ‘America’s Sweetheart’:

Mary Pickford

Rumor has it, her and Charlie Chaplin were engaging in

“transgressions”

This sports program began airing on the radio in

1923, and on television in 1952:

Hockey Night in Canada

A gangster from the United States who thrived by selling illegal liquor and

by ‘taking care’ of his competition.

Al Capone

He was the Canadian version of Al Capone

Rocco Perri

First broadcast in Canada occurred in 1920 by XWA radio in Montreal. It was owned by this company:

The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company

Who knows the name of the infamous rum-running schooner that was often spotted in Tracadie Bay?

The Nelly J. Banks

Who is the Prime Minister on the $100 Bill?

Sir Robert Borden