'20s And '30s Canadian History Quiz!
This is a Grade 10 Canadian History quiz from the 1920s and 1930s.
- 1.Which of the following was NOT a direct cause of The Great Depression?
- A.
Canada’s dependence on only a few primary products
- B.
High tariffs choked off international trade
- C.
1929 Stock Market Crash
- D.
Too much buying on credit
- 2.Why were veterans resentful after WWI ended?
- A.
Women gave up jobs
- B.
Decrease in cost of living
- C.
Factory owners prospered
- D.
All of the answers
- 3.Who is credited with the discovery of insulin?
- A.
Sir Frederick Banting
- B.
Percy Williams
- C.
Foster Hewitt
- D.
Armand Bombardier
- 4.What was the Person’s Case?
- A.
Fight for women to be appointed to be judge
- B.
To allow women to work in profession for doctor and lawyer
- C.
Fight for women to be viewed as “persons” under the law and to be appointed to the Senate
- D.
To allow all citizens over 18 to be viewed as “persons” under the law
- 5.A Bennett Buggy was (what?).
- A.
Shacks where unemployed people lived during the 1920s and 1930s
- B.
Car Prime Minister Bennett drove the 1920s
- C.
Car with no engine, pulled by a horse [or farm animal] during the 1930s Great Depression
- D.
None of the answers
- 6.The increase of production in factories leading to the stockpiling of products was a cause of the Great Depression called?
- A.
Dependence on the United States
- B.
Over-production and over-expansion
- C.
High tariffs (taxes)
- D.
Buying on margin
- 7.How did Canada’s dependence on a few primary products become a cause of the Great Depression?
- A.
Demand for staples or essential products decreased
- B.
Surplus of essential products on the world market
- C.
Trade with foreign countries decreased because of protective tariffs
- D.
All of the answers
- 8.What was the Charleston?
- A.
Popular game show in the 1920s
- B.
Code name for secret clubs that sold alcohol during prohibition
- C.
Famous painting by the Group of Seven
- D.
Popular dance of the 1920s and 1930s
- 9.What was government relief?
- A.
Emergency financial assistance in the form of vouchers
- B.
Social credit given by government during the Great Depression
- C.
Social insurance and a set minimum wage
- D.
Allowed unions to collectively bargain with its employees
- 10.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
- 11.Who did the Famous Five appeal to in the Person’s Case? (The final time.)
- A.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King
- B.
Supreme Court of Canada
- C.
Canadian Senate
- D.
Privy Council of Britain
- 12.Term used to describe buying stocks with only a 10% down payment?
- A.
Credit
- B.
Stupidity
- C.
Buying on margin
- D.
None of the answers
- 13.Slang term for being on government relief?
- A.
Riding the rods
- B.
Going from boom to bust
- C.
On the dole
- D.
Bootlegging
- 14.What do you call the share of the company’s profits paid to shareholders annually?
- A.
Capital gains
- B.
Dividends
- C.
Stocks
- D.
Bonds
- 15.Who was the Group of Seven?
- A.
Group of female suffragists campaigning for the Person’s Case
- B.
Group of athletes who dominated the 1920s in various sports
- C.
Group of artists who focused on impressionism, specifically Canadian landscapes
- D.
Groups of artists who brought the jazz age to Canada during the 1920s
- 16.What was the date of Black Tuesday?
- A.
October 9, 1930
- B.
October 29, 1929
- C.
September 1, 1931
- D.
June 27, 1929
- 17.Which of the following was NOT an invention of the 1920s?
- A.
Radio
- B.
Model T
- C.
Television
- D.
Talkies (talking movies at the movie theatre)
- 18.What was nickname of the Ford Model T car?
- A.
Big Cheese
- B.
Turkey Trot
- C.
Black Stallion
- D.
Tin Lizzie
- 19.What was the popular fashion of women during the 1920s?
- A.
Fox Trot
- B.
Flapper
- C.
Knickers
- D.
Top hats
- 20.What is prohibition?
- A.
Ban of demonstrations, parades or rioting
- B.
Ban of sale, distribution, and consumption of alcohol
- C.
Fight for women to gain the right to vote in Canada
- D.
All of the answers
- 21.A positive effect of prohibition?
- A.
Crime rate decreased
- B.
Hard to enforce
- C.
Unpopular
- D.
Government losing money in taxes
- 22.
- A.
Isolation – the feeling of being a forgotten person
- B.
“… work 8 hours a day and 4 hours on Saturdays. And we get paid 20¢ a day for that!!”
- C.
“I don’t think we should be denied the right to vote!”
- D.
All of the answers
- 23.Which was NOT a cause of the Stock Market Crash of 1929? (Think about this one!)
- A.
Canada’s dependence on trade with the United States
- B.
Over priced stocks
- C.
[panic] selling of stocks, which caused prices of shares to drop
- D.
Stocks for sale outnumbered the demand for new stocks
- 24.Why were the 1930s the worst years?
- A.
One-third of population was unemployed
- B.
Mass starvation and malnutrition
- C.
Drought, dust storms, and grasshopper plague
- D.
All of the answers
- 25.Which of the following is NOT part of the Social Safety Net?
- A.
Employment insurance
- B.
Minimum wage
- C.
Old Age Security (pension)
- D.
Capital Gains tax
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