Canada is a fascinating country with a scenic environment, rich history, and diverse culture. This quiz about Canadian history in the 1920s and 1930s offers a great insight into Canada in the interwar period. Canadians went through great hardships and suffering during the interwar period of the 1920s and 30s, where they witnessed unemployment, recession, and war. The economy suffered and was ravaged by the World War. This quiz offers insights into those times of Canadian history. Take this quiz if you are curious to trace Canada's rich history. All the best!
Canada’s dependence on only a few primary products
High tariffs choked off international trade
1929 Stock Market Crash
Too much buying on credit
Women gave up jobs
Decrease in cost of living
Factory owners prospered
All of the answers
Sir Frederick Banting
Percy Williams
Foster Hewitt
Armand Bombardier
Fight for women to be appointed to be judge
To allow women to work in profession for doctor and lawyer
Fight for women to be viewed as “persons” under the law and to be appointed to the Senate
To allow all citizens over 18 to be viewed as “persons” under the law
Shacks where unemployed people lived during the 1920s and 1930s
Car Prime Minister Bennett drove the 1920s
Car with no engine, pulled by a horse [or farm animal] during the 1930s Great Depression
None of the answers
Dependence on the United States
Over-production and over-expansion
High tariffs (taxes)
Buying on margin
Demand for staples or essential products decreased
Surplus of essential products on the world market
Trade with foreign countries decreased because of protective tariffs
All of the answers
Popular game show in the 1920s
Code name for secret clubs that sold alcohol during prohibition
Famous painting by the Group of Seven
Popular dance of the 1920s and 1930s
Emergency financial assistance in the form of vouchers
Social credit given by government during the Great Depression
Social insurance and a set minimum wage
Allowed unions to collectively bargain with its employees
Frederick Banting
Ted Rogers
Foster Hewitt
Armand Bombardier
Prime Minister Mackenzie King
Supreme Court of Canada
Canadian Senate
Privy Council of Britain
Credit
Stupidity
Buying on margin
None of the answers
Riding the rods
Going from boom to bust
On the dole
Bootlegging
Capital gains
Dividends
Stocks
Bonds
Group of female suffragists campaigning for the Person’s Case
Group of athletes who dominated the 1920s in various sports
Group of artists who focused on impressionism, specifically Canadian landscapes
Groups of artists who brought the jazz age to Canada during the 1920s
October 9, 1930
October 29, 1929
September 1, 1931
June 27, 1929
Radio
Model T
Television
Talkies (talking movies at the movie theatre)
Big Cheese
Turkey Trot
Black Stallion
Tin Lizzie
Fox Trot
Flapper
Knickers
Top hats
Ban of demonstrations, parades or rioting
Ban of sale, distribution, and consumption of alcohol
Fight for women to gain the right to vote in Canada
All of the answers
Crime rate decreased
Hard to enforce
Unpopular
Government losing money in taxes
Isolation – the feeling of being a forgotten person
“… work 8 hours a day and 4 hours on Saturdays. And we get paid 20¢ a day for that!!”
“I don’t think we should be denied the right to vote!”
All of the answers
Canada’s dependence on trade with the United States
Over priced stocks
[panic] selling of stocks, which caused prices of shares to drop
Stocks for sale outnumbered the demand for new stocks
One-third of population was unemployed
Mass starvation and malnutrition
Drought, dust storms, and grasshopper plague
All of the answers
Employment insurance
Minimum wage
Old Age Security (pension)
Capital Gains tax
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