The Roaring Twenties and the economic crisis f) The Social Crisis

f) The Social Crisis After the stock market Krach in New York, thousands of people in Canada found themselves ___________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ – The unemployment rate:

f) The Social Crisis DIRECT RELIEF : – _____________________________________________ – ______________________________________________ (no job, no savings, no material value) The assistance took various forms: – Relief goods (coupons for purchases) – Done to help particular families ______________________________________

f) The Social Crisis LABOR CAMPS: – ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ – – In 1935, they organized the March in Ottawa to protest poor living conditions in the camps

f) The Social Crisis RETURN TO EARTH: – Another program to reduce the number of unemployed in cities – Attempts to move the urban population into the countryside – The families were given: – _________________________________________________ _______________________________________________

f) The Social Crisis PUBLIC WORKS: – ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Cities: ________________________________ Provinces: _____________________________ Federal: _______________________________ Single men could work for a maximum of __________________________