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