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Roaring 20s and Dirty 30s
Roaring 20s and Dirty 30s
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This quiz is a test review for Canadian History (CHC2D) covering 1919 to 1939.
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1
How was it evident that Canada was becoming more 'American-ized'?
Being recognised as American to Europeans
Influenced by American music and film
Increase of trade and migration
American controlled broadcasting
2
What event "blew down the House of Cards" of the Canadian economy and sent it into Depression?
drought in the prairies in 1933
Black Thursday stock market crash
the end of WWI
Black Tuesday stock market crash
3
What were the people called that transported hooch across the US-Canada borders?
the Untouchables
Rum-runners
Bootleggers
Mounties
4
Which of the following was NOT a purpose of the On-To-Ottawa Trek?
Men wanted more meaningful work
Men wanted a Communist revolution
Men in the relief camps wanted equal labour rights
Men wanted to be treated like the average working man
5
What was a common occupation held by women in the 1920’s?
domestic worker
farm workers
machinist
both a & c
6
What is the real translation of this slang word: "You are just the cat's meow!"
You are the most wonderful person ever!
You smell like cat food.
You are annoying just like a cat!
You are just like Ms. Kathie!
7
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
Buying on margin and on credit
Dependence on the USA
Stock Market Crash
Raised international tariffs
8
What was the term used to describe unemployed men that travelled by train looking for work?
Vagrancy
Railers
Criminals
Communists
9
Which of the following was NOT an indirect result of prohibition?
Organized crimes
Gangsterism
Women's rights to vote
Human trafficking
10
Where did the On-To-Ottawa Trek end?
Montreal
Vancouver
Nova Scotia
Regina
11
What event brought the Winnipeg General Strike to an end?
Bloody Saturday
Prohibition
Regina Riot
Black Tuesday
12
What involvement is the Group of Seven best known for?
Jazz entertainers at speakeasy’s
Organisers of the Winnipeg General Strike
On-To-Ottawa Trekkers
Canadian landscape artists
13
Who led Canada through the first five years of the Great Depression?
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
R.B. Bennett
Robert Borden
Mackenzie King
14
What did the CCF stand for?
Central Capital Foundation
Central Canadian Fundamentalists
Canadian Communist Federation
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
15
Which of the following groups of people were provided with relief most easily?
White males with families
Eastern Europeans
Single mothers or father
Visible minorities
16
Which of the following is NOT a step Canada took towards autonomy?
Signing the Cod Treaty
Signing the Statute of Westminster
Signing the Balfour Report
Taking a seat at the Paris Peace Conference
17
How many Canadians were unemployed during the Great Depression?
3 million
13 million
3 billion
13 billion
18
On June 26, 1919, the Winnipeg General Strike occurred. What is a general strike?
A strike among the senior leaders of the armed forces
All the workers in a given area are on strike
A strike among all factory workers
The police force was instructed to strike protesters
19
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?
Mental and psychological disorders
Widened disparity gap
Homelessness
Creation of a middle-class
20
What was the most common form of relief for most Canadian families during the 1930s?
work for cash
food vouchers
cash given to poor people
temporary shelters for men
21
Which of following countries did NOT lose land after the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany
France
Hungary
Russia
22
What did the end of Prohibition mean for many Canadians?
Legal consumption of alcohol
Publicly dance the Charleston
Return to full-time work
Legalised prostitution
23
Who is the cartoonist trying to depict as the large clenched figure?
France
Britain
Germany
Austria
24
What is the common sentiment of France depicted here?
Some French are graffiti artists
The Franch have difficulty spelling English words
Germany refuses to pay reparation
Germany must suffer (reparation payments)
25
Which factor is
NOT
associated with the Great Depression of the 1930s?
high unemployment
shortages
low wages
high production
26
What event is the cartoonist attempting to illustrate?
Treaty of Vienna
War Guilt Clause
Warsaw Pact
Armistice
27
What was the name of the movement led by Christian women fighting for prohibition?
Suffrage
Prohibitionists
Temperance Movement
Famous Five
28
What was likely the reason for why King lost the 1930 election?
He was Catholic
Conscription crisis
He was against Communism
His 5-cent speech
29
During the prosperity stage of the business cycle, profits and wages are high, but ___ is low.
Production
Demand
Unemployment
Labour unrest
30
After work, what entertainment became a favourite past-time for many Canadian families?
Travelling by car to parks
Listening to the radio
Dancing, drinking, and smoking
Attend speakeasies
