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What?
• Made Hyde Park Declaration (better trade with US)
• National Resources Mobilization Act (people were conscripted but didn't have to fight overseas)



Historical Significance
• Helped Canada get through the 2nd world war
• Made Canadian economy grow considerably
• Avoided another Great Depression by implanting more government intervention in the economy
• Government control is still present now to keep economy steady

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Mackenzie King addresses a crowd from Kitchener City Hall
Image Courtesy of Waterloo Historical Society
Mackenzie King
Image Courtesy of National Archives of Canada 		Related Links

• Mackenzie King.
• William Lyon Mackenzie King.
• William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950).
• William Lyon MacKenzie King Biography

   PEOPLE > TURN OF THE CENTURY > Henri Bourassa > REVIEW QUESTIONS

  • William LM King was Canada's first ______________________________.
    1. Deputy Minister of Labour
    2. Prime Minister
    3. Minister of Foreign Affairs
    4. All of the above


    1. He was the ___________________ Prime Minister.
      1. shortest-serving
      2. longest-serving
      3. 11th, 13th, 15th
      4. Both b & c



    2. What act did he pass that gave money to develop new farming methods, seed vacant land, and relocate families to better farming areas further north?
      1. Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act (PFRA)
      2. The Agriculture Act
      3. Bennett's policy
      4. All of the above


    3. What trade agreement marked the beginning of close economic ties between Canada and the United States?
      1. NATO
      2. The Hyde Park Declaration
      3. All of the above
      4. None of the Above


    4. What is The Hyde Park Declaration?
      1. Declared that Canada and the United States would be allies
      2. Shared profits
      3. Trade agreement which sold more than $1billion worth of Canadian goods to the United States
      4. None of the above



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