Political and Social Conditions of Post War
Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper using your textbook.
PROHIBITION
1. a) What is prohibition? Bootlegging? Speakeasies? (page 135)
b) Describe the positive and negative effects of prohibition. (136)
SPANISH FLU
2.a) Describe the epidemic of the “Spanish
flu”. (136)
b) What were the total number of
casualties from the flu? How did this
compare to the causalities from the war?
(136)
LABOUR UNREST
3. Recreate and complete the following chart (p. 138-139)
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Group |
Feelings / Grievances / Resentments / Demands after WWI |
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Women |
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Veterans |
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Workers |
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4. Why did the Canadian government and employers react with alarm to the 1917 Russian Revolution? (317)
WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE
5. What were the three demands of workers during the Winnipeg General Strike? (139)
6. Who was on this “general strike”? (139)
7. What happened on “Bloody Saturday”? (140)
8. List 2 negative and 2 positive effects of the Winnipeg General Strike. (141)
9. How did strike leader J.S. Woodsworth become more involved in politics? (141)
ABORIGINALS
10. Outline how Aboriginals were
affected by:
a) Indian Act (145)
b) Residential Schools (145)
c) League of Indians (146)
IMMIGRATION
11. What was “xenophobia”? How did this impact the Immigration Act in 1919? (147)
12. What was the “Chinese Exclusion Act” of 1923? (148)
13. What did the government do to Asian immigrants in 1928? (148)