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PEOPLE & EVENTS > WORLD AT WAR > Richard Bedford Bennett

What? • was the P.M. during the depression • did little to ease the economic crisis • introduced highest tariff in Canadian history to protect Canadian businesses Historical Significance • did nothing that had a big impact on the depression

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PEOPLE & EVENTS > TURN OF THE CENTURY > Clifford Sifton > REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. How much money was he willing to give for relief payments
   
   1. $10 million
   2. $ 15 million
   3. $ 30 million
   4. $20 million




2. What political party did R.B. Bennett belong to?
   
   1. Liberals
   2. Conservatives
   3. Social Credit
   4. Union Nationale




3. What year did R.B. Bennett become the prime minister?
   
   1. 1925
   2. 1920
   3. 1930
   4. 1935




4. What was a Bennett Buggy?
   
   
   1. A broken down house where unemployed people lived
   2. A car with no engine that was pulled by a horse
   3. A piece of clothing
   4. A really expensive car

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