How did Canada's dependence on a few primary products become a cause of the Great Depression?
A) demand for staples or products decreased
B) cost of living increased
C) trade with other countries decreased because of taxes
D)all of above
What are branch plants?
A) factories that planted trees to help save the environmnet
B) branch industries that were copies of American parent companies
C) investor group that let Canada run its business
D) popular stock that crashed on Black Tuesday
What was the Charleston?
A) popular game of the 1920s
B) code name for secret clubs that sold alcohol during prohibition
C) famous painting by the Group of Seven
D) famous dance of the 1920s
What was government relief?
A) emergency financial assistance in the form of vouchers
B) social credit given by William Aberhard during the depression
C) social insurance and a set minimum wage
D) allowed unions to collectively bargain with its employers
What was the Statute of Westminister of 1931?
A) made Canada completely self-governing
B) declared that Canada would be part of the Commonwealth of Nations
C) Canada's refusal to send military aid in a dispute between Britain and Turkey
D) allowed females in Canada to be appointed to the Senate
Who was the well known radio announcer for Hockey Night in Canada during the 1920s and 1930s?
A) Frederick Banting
B) Ted Rogers
C) Foster Hewitt
D) Armand Bombardier
What was the purpose of the League of Indians?
A) attempt to make Aborignals abandon cultural traditions
B) place Aboriginals in residential schools
C) first attempt to have a united voice for Aboriginal Nations
D) have Church encourage Aboriginals to farm
Who did the Famous Five appeal to in the Person's Case?
A) Prime Minister Mackenzie King
B) Supreme Court of Canada
C) Canadian Senate
D) Privy Council of Britain
Who was Bobbie Rosenfeld?
A) first woman to be appointed to the Senate
B) athlete who sailed the sailboat, Bluenose
C)discovered insulin
D) famous female athlete of the 1920s
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1923?
A) Canada's government promoted immigration to mainly British immigrants
B) banned Chinese immigrants except students, merchants or diplomats from entering Canada
C)banned all Chinese and other Asian immigrants from entering Canada
D) took away vote from all Chinese immigrants living in Canada
The adoption of a protective tax policy to protect Canada's industries from foreign competition which eventually stopped trade was:
A) dependence on United States
B) overproduction and over expansion
C) high tarriffs
D) buying on margin
