The 1920s and 30s

The 1920s and 30s

Answer these questions for practice for your test on the roaring twenties and the dirty thirties!

published on October 31, 2011
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What year was the Winnipeg General Strike and how long did it last?

1920, lsted 6 weeks
1918, lasted 10 weeks
1919, lasted 6 weeks
1921, lasted 5 weeks
2/33

What caused the strike?

Hint: 1 choice
growth of winnipeg, political issues, and returned veterans
inflation, returned veterans, war profetieers
inflation, growth of winnipeg, political issues
3/33

What was the first province that women were able to vote?

4/33

Name 2 of the Famour Five women.

5/33

Name two changes that occured during the twenties.

6/33

Which of the following was not a result of Henry Fords automobile assembly line?

New industries created
many problems (pollution, traffic)
changed north american life
lost peoples jobs
7/33

What were 3 best known characteristics of flappers?

Hint: 3 choices
Short hair
baggy clothes
cloche hat
unbuckled shoes
low waistlines
above knee skirts
8/33

What did the radio do?

9/33

Who was Al Capone?

legendary gangster
the american Rocco Perri
head of chicago crime organization
10/33

What is prohibition?

11/33

When did prohibition happen and what was the first province to adopt it?

12/33

Who wanted prohibition?

13/33

Why did people want prohibition?

14/33

Why were people against prohibition?

15/33

Where couold people go to get alcohol during prohibition?

16/33

What was it called to smuggle alcohol across the border?

17/33

what was the main reason why prohibiton dropped?

18/33

What was the meaning of these 1920 slang terms- splifficated, hep, gate crashers, berries?

drunk, cute, burgalurs, beautiful
drunk, wise, police raid, the best
out to lunch, boring, police raid, the best
19/33

What was the day the stock market crashed called and when did it crash?(month year)

20/33

What happens in recession?

Hint: 1 choice
sales- declining
prices- rising
unemployment- falling
21/33

What were the 2 things that Canada relied on that contriuted to the stock market crash?

22/33

What is the result of high tariffs placed on foreign goods?

23/33

What did the people who invested in stocks using credit do when the market crashed?

24/33

What cause king not to get re-elected?

25/33

What did Bennet promise?

26/33

What were horse drawn cars and newspaper covers called?

27/33

Did Bennets or Kings decisions end the depression?

True
False
28/33

What was a benefit of the "New Deal"

29/33

What did the new political party, the CCF, stand for?

30/33

what was the strike called where men fled to ottawaw to complain about the relief camps?

31/33

Who was allowed in relief camps?

Only single men
Only families
children
women
32/33

What were men in relief camps paid and where were they located?

33/33

Give 2 examples of the plagues that came with the dust bowl.