Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test Winnipeg General Strike

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 1. Which of the following was not a worker demand in 1919? a. shorter work week b. universal health care c. collective bargaining d. higher wages

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 2. The Canadian government saw the Winnipeg General Strike as: a. a legitimate labour dispute b. a communist uprising c. a result of unfair business practices d. an example of American influence on Canadian affairs  

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 3. The Group of Seven were: a. a jazz band from Toronto b. an association of landscape artists c. female political leaders petitioning the British Privy Council d. the leaders of the Winnipeg General Strike

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 4. After the war, Canada: a. signed an alliance with the Americans b. became a full participant in international affairs c. became isolationist d. signed an alliance with Germany

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 5. Which of the following was not an example of Americanization in the period 1919–1939? a. radio b. television c. movies d. branch plants

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 6. During the 1920s, Canadians supplied the United States with: a. cheap wheat b. illegal alcohol c. marijuana d. illegal tobacco

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 7. Prohibition refers to the banning of the sale of: a. alcohol b. tobacco c. marijuana d. subversive communist literature

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 8. Stock sales technique which allowed investors to pay only about 10% of a stock’s value when purchasing: a. easy credit b. revolving credit c. buying on margin d. short buying

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 9. As a result of the Persons Case in 1929, women: a. could become Senators b. could run for elected office c. could demand the same pay rate as men d. could sit as a magistrate or judge

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice TesT 10. The women who argued the Persons Case were called: a. the Famous Five b. the Group of Seven c. the Sisterhood of Five d. the Noble Five

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice TesT 11. In the 1920s, Aboriginal people: a. were sent to residential schools b. were denied the right to vote c. were forbidden cultural ceremonies like the potlatch d. all of the above e. a and b only

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice TesT 12. Aboriginal peoples were unsuccessful in which of the following during the 1920s? a. recognition of self-determination b. control over reserve lands c. recognition of important cultural ceremonies d. all of the above

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice TesT 13. Farmers in the West and rural Ontario were in favour of: a. free trade with the United States b. lower freight rates for their produce c. public ownership of railways d. all of the above e. a and b only

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 14. The only social reform legislation passed during the 1920s: a. Unemployment Insurance b. Old Age Pensions c. Canada Pension Plan d. Medical Care Act

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 15. King’s response to the British request for troops during the Chanak Crisis: a. ‘no’ b. ‘ready, aye, ready; we stand by you’ c. ‘no contingent will go without Parliament being summoned…’ d. ‘only if Canadians approve in a plebiscite’

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 16. Liberal Prime Minister of Canada from 1921 to 1930 and from 1935 to 1948: a. Arthur Meighen b. Mackenzie King c. R.B. Bennett d. Wilfred Laurier

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 17. Arthur Meighen lost the 1921 election because he: a. liberalized immigration laws b. failed to compromise with different groups c. supported the Winnipeg General Strike d. opposed the continuation of the British Empire

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 18. In the 1921 federal general election, which party had enough seats to form the Official Opposition? a. Liberals b. Conservatives c. Progressives d. Social Credit

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 19. Mackenzie King, during his first term, was often: a. decisive b. supportive of radical legislation c. seeking the middle path d. single-minded

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 20. In the 1925 federal general election, the Conservatives won 116 seats and the Liberals won 99. As a result, Mackenzie King: a. was asked to form a new government b. refused to resign c. resigned d. formed a military dictatorship

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 21. In 1926, King tried to gain a dissolution(call an election) of the House of Commons: a. because of the severity of the Customs Scandal b. to avoid a motion on non-confidence in the House c. to irritate Lord Byng d. both a and b

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 22. During the Constitutional Crisis of 1926: a. the Governor General refused a dissolution of Parliament to Meighen b. the Governor General granted a dissolution of Parliament to King c. King's Liberals lost a vote of non-confidence d. Meighen's Tories won a vote of non-confidence e. all of the above f. none of these

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 23. American companies began to dominate the Canadian economy in the 1920s by: a. lowering tariffs b. signing a free trade deal c. opening branch plants d. investing in Canadian firms

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 24. Canada's prosperity in the 1920s was flawed because: a. many stocks and consumer goods had been purchased on credit b. it depended on the export of resource materials c. it benefitted only Ontario d. all of the above e. a and b only

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 25. Type of music that was increasingly popular in 1920s Canada: a. jazz b. classical music c. folk music d. bebop

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 26. The average worker (earning about $1200 per year) could afford an automobile because: a. they cost less than $100 b. they were available through government loans c. they could be business loans purchased on installment plans d. they cost $299

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 27. The significance of the Halibut Treaty of 1923: a. it was a landmark in fish conservation b. it led to the decimation of North Pacific halibut stocks c. Britain refused to let Canada’s representative sign the Treaty d. Canada insisted on signing the Treaty without Britain

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 28. The Balfour Report of 1926: a. suggested the abolition of the British Empire b. advocated withdrawal from the League of Nations c. recommended equality for the Dominions with Britain d. advocated Dominion status for India

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 29. The Statute of Westminster did not represent complete independence for Canada because: a. the BNA Act remained in Britain b. Canada still had to get British permission to declare war c. Canada was unable to become a republic d. Canada was unable to make alliances separate from Britain

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test 30. The Statute of Westminster (1931): a. recognized Canada as a free and equal state with Britain b. created the British Commonwealth of Nations c. retained Canada’s allegiance to the British Crown d. all of the above e. a and b only