CHC2D Great Depression Assessment (2020)

Question 1

What was the name of the union that organized the workers in the relief camps, and also organized the On-to-Ottawa Trek?

Accepted Answer

Relief Camp Workers’ Union

Question 2

What was the name of the act, passed in 1930, that gave the provinces $20 million dollars for work-creation programs?

Accepted Answer

Unemployment Relief Act

Question 3

What was the term for the young, jobless, and homeless men who travelled from one place to another looking for work?

Accepted Answer

transients

Question 4

In 1936, the Union Nationale won the provincial election in Québec. Who was the leader of the Union Nationale?

Accepted Answer

Maurice Duplessis

Question 5

The period following a recession during which the value of goods and services rises is known as:

Accepted Answer

recovery

Question 6

Who was the leader of the Social Credit Party in Alberta in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

None of the answers

Question 7

On July 1, 1935, the RCMP tried to disperse the On-to-Ottawa trekkers. This resulted in the:

Accepted Answer

None of the answers

Question 8

Which act, introduced in 1935 by the Conservatives, was intended to help farmers build irrigation systems & reservoirs?

Accepted Answer

Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act

Question 9

Canada’s dependence on the import of primary resources was a major weakness of the Canadian economy in the 1920s & 1930s

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 10

An economic system in which both individuals and the government produce and sell goods is called a:

Accepted Answer

mixed economy

Question 11

Protectionism is a system of using tariffs to raise the price of imported goods in order to protect domestic producers.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 12

Buying shares 'on margin' and expecting that the value of the shares would go up was called:

Accepted Answer

speculation

Question 13

What was the name of the commission set up by P.M. King in 1936 to examine the state of unemployment in Canada?

Accepted Answer

National Employment Commission

Question 14

On October 29, 1929, the New York Stock Exchange collapsed. This day is known as:

Accepted Answer

Black Tuesday

Question 15

What was the name given to the platform of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)?

Accepted Answer

None of the answers

Question 16

What was the name of the act, contained in F.D.R.'s New Deal, that introduced social assistance programs in the U.S.A.?

Accepted Answer

Social Security Act

Question 17

What is the term for the movement that advocated for the protection and development of Québécois culture and language?

Accepted Answer

Québec nationalism

Question 18

Who was chosen, in 1933, to be the leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)?

Accepted Answer

None of the answers

Question 19

In the economic cycle, the period of economic growth and expansion is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

prosperity

Question 20

The Rowell-Sirois Report proposed the federal transfer of funds from richer to poorer provinces. These funds are called:

Accepted Answer

equalization payments

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