1920s TEAM CANADA JERSEY

Soldiers arrived home from WW I to find few support services & few jobs, Wartime workers faced low wages (war wages) &inflation. POST WW I FEELINGS RESULTS The turn to communism was more about revolt than actual communism Demands for wages, conditions & unions ONE BIG UNION Uniting all workers to fight for rights. THE 1919 WINNIPEG GENERALSTRIKE people walked off the job and fought for better wages, conditions, & collective bargaining. Ended with Bloody Saturday. Anti – strikers feared the Red Scare

Early 20sMid 20s By mid 1920s Canadian industry improved. - wheat- pulp & paper - mining- forestry - consumer goods- hydro THE U.S.A. INVESTS IN CANADA -U.S.A. replaced Britain as our largest trade partner. -Branch plants beat Canadian tariffs. -The British tended to loan money -‘The Big Three’ (GM/Ford/Chrysler) -All of Canada switched to driving on the right. -Primary vs Secondary Industry -Canadian focus = raw resources -American focus = secondary resources -The U.S. made the real $$$$$ CANADIAN BOOTLEGGING Canadian prohibition ended U.S. prohibition ended WCTU = prohibition During WW I Canada’s Economy

Has Canada truly made a name for itself? British PM John Major (left), Chinese President Jiang Zemin (second from left), and US President Bill Clinton (second from right) watch a parade of veterans and troops in Moscow square to commemorate the 50 th anniversary of WW II. “Man at right is unidentified” Canada PM Jean Chretien

Stock Market ‘Buying On Margin’ Charles Lindberg Charlie Chaplin

1920 Model T Bush Pilots Wilfrid “Wop” May Two Way Radio Frederick Banting Insulin 1923 = First Radio Broadcast ASSIGNMENT DO – p. 70 #1-4 p.71 # 1-4 FOR DISCUSSION Hemlines! Stockings! What scandalizes parents today? The Flapper

Faced social & political restrictions - Homemakers - secretaries/nurses etc. - paid less - gained franchise but jobs limited - Agnes Macphail – 1 st & only politician. Emily Murphy ran for magistrate/judge but was excluded as by law not a “person.” By 1929, the famous five established women’s rights but the reality was often different. Supreme Court of Aberta => Yes to Murphy. Supreme Court of Canada => No to “Persons” Privy Council in Britain => Yes to “Persons” - Despite WW I soldiers also not “persons.” -No right to provincial vote until Federal = Residential schools and assimilation still encouraged. -Enfranchisement – took away status. - Banned cultural events ie. Potlatches. -Struggled for Aboriginal Titles, cut-off lands/treaties, self- determination. - Discouraged immigration. - Blatant discrimination. - Ed. Act 1918 separate Black schools until (Nova Scotia) - Acts of tolerance began. - City of Edmonton refused pool bans. - British & American preference. - Restricted Asians. - Labour = pro restrictions. - Business = anti restrictions (low wages) economy up and eased restrictions. Vancouver 1925 Emily Murphy Nelly McClung

Women’s Progress The cartoon shown below appeared in The Globe of January 18, Questions 1.What message do you think the cartoonist is trying to convey? 2. a. On which “step: do you think the woman in the cartoon would standing in 1895? b. On which step would she be standing in 1989? 3. What two changes in the laws of Canada did women demand during World War I? 4. Do you feel that women have: more rights than men the same rights as men less rights than men

-THE MARITIMES - small population = few seats. -Business moving to central. - demand for coal down. -THE PRAIRIES - frustrated with duties and tariffs. - farmers wanted free trade & lower freight rates. - set up own parties (“United Farmers Party” / Progressive Party) -QUEBEC -Fought to preserve culture. - U.S. invested in Quebec => economy boomed. -Cheap labour, pulp & paper, hydro, aluminum. -WESTERN INTERESTS - West felt East got all the benefits. - Forests, mining, pulp,Vancouver port. => increased western powers 1921 ELECTION See regionalism cartoon on page 78. Mackenzie-King Arthur Meighen Liberal – compromise -middle path Conservative – principles -offended people Liberals won Canada’s first Minority Gov’t

1.THE CHANAK CRISIS -Britain threatened Turkey over Chanak port. -Can. never ‘jumped’ => sent to parliament. -Crisis ended before Can. made a decision. 2.THE HALIBUT TREATY - Canada negotiated treaty with U.S. - Mack.-King refused to let Britain sign deal. - first treaty signed and negotiated by Can. 3. THE KING-BYNG CRISIS -Mack.-King wanted G.G. to dissolve parliament & call an election to avoid scandal. -G.G. role diminished to a pawn. 4. THE BALFOUR REPORT - Made Can. an autonomous community within the Brt. Empire. (all other dominions as well) 5.THE STATUTE OF WESTMINISTER - Turned the Balfour Report into law in Officially made the Brt. Empire, the Brt. Commonwealth. - Can. became a country = to Britain. Note – BNA Act still in Brt. as the provinces & Feds couldn’t agree on the amending formula. The Chanak Port would give Turkey access to Europe through the Black Sea. G.G. Byng PM King (Minority Gov’t) Note – Harper forced GG Jean to prorogue parliament to avoid non-confidence vote in Lord Balfour

On Tuesday, October 29, 1929, the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.

Discuss the following statement. “The 1920s were the most flamboyant time in history.” ORGANIZATION Intro. => Political, Social, Economic => Conclusion Intro. => Agree / Disagree => Conclusion Others???

ESSAY OUTLINE QUESTION Introduction => Thesis Statement (3) __________________________________________ Socially => ___________ ___________ __________ __________ ____________ Economically =>___________ ___________ _________ __________ ____________ Politically => ___________ ___________ __________ _________ __________ ___________ Conclusion=> One complete summary statement that ties in the Great Depression. (3) ______________________________