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1
He beat PM Bennett in the 1935 Election
FD Roosevelt
Pierre Trudeau
WLM King
Wilfred Laurier
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When people couldn't afford gas, they created these:
Bennett Cars
Ford Buggies
Bennett Buggies
Ford Carriages
3
The Prime Minister believed Trekkers were actually:
Anarchists
Fascist Agitators
Communist Agitators
Socialist Agitators
4
By 1933, this many Canadians were unemployed:
1/5
1/2
1/3
1/4
5
The idea to print more money and give every Canadian $25/month was this party's plan:
Social Credit Party
Green Party
Communist Party
NDP
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To mock PM Bennett, newspapers were called this:
Bennett Paper
Bennett Blanket
Bennett Curse
Bennett Reading
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He was Prime Minister during 1930 to 1935:
WLM King
Wilfred Laurier
Robert Borden
RB Bennett
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The Cooperative Commonwealth Party (CCF) later became this party:
Social Credit Party
Liberals
New Democratic Party (NDP)
Progressive Conservatives
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Relief Camp works were paid this much:
25 cents/day
$5/day
20 cents/day
$1/day
10
Riding the Rails to confront Prime Minister was called:
On-To-Ottawa-Trek
Regina Riot
Overthrow the PM Trek
On-To-Regina-Trek
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Another way to mock Bennett, was to brew wheat as a substitute for this:
Bennett Coffee
Bennett Soda
Bennett Tea
Bennett Pop
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Another factor that contributed to Depression was raising tariffs on imported goods, known as:
Americanism
Taxation
Protectionism
Vexation
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Homeless people would live in tent cities, nicknamed this:
Bennettboroughs
Bennettopolis
Bennettville
Bennittown
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Living on Pogey, was slang for this:
Living on the streets.
Stealing food to survive.
Going on government assistance for basic needs.
Protesting the government for more relief.
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The stock market crash came on this infamous date:
Gray Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1931
Black Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1929
Black Friday, Oct. 29, 1929
Spooky Wednesday, Oct. 31, 1929