1. Chapter 6 – Prosperity and Depression

2. The 1920’s Read page 85 YouTube - To Live In The 1920's Discuss: 1.Clothing 2.Automobiles 3.Social Life

3. Prosperity in the 1920’s After WWI, our economy was in a slump By 1923, most of Canada started to recover (Got better for MOST but not all – including the Maritimes)

4. Examples: 1.Trade with the U.S. increased 2.US Manufacturers (Ford, GM, etc) built factories in Canada to avoid tax 3.Electricity was widely used in urban areas 4.Assembly line jobs were introduced (p.87)

5. The Maritimes from 1920-1926 The Maritimes were not prospering like the rest of Canada: 1.Ship building began to decrease 2.The port in Montreal was being used instead of Saint John and Halifax 3.Government increased prices of trains and freights 4.Lost 42% of manufacturing jobs

6. Review and Reflect p. 88, #1-3

7. Lifestyle and Technology The Haves – p89 As the economy grew, people saw things they HAD to HAVE. 1.Installment Plan – Get now, pay later (like a credit card) 2.Boom of telephones- 1 in 4, to: 3 in 4 families had a telephone 3.Electric Appliances (p. 90)

8. Lifestyle and Technology – con’t The Have-Nots – p. 91 Not all Canadians had money in the 1920’s 1.Rural regions used their products from their farms to barter with shopkeepers. 2.Day-to-day life was hard without electricity

9. Women after WWI During WWI, women were working to support their families while the men were at war. When the soldiers came back, many women lost their jobs. Many girls left school by grade 8 Only 16.3% of girls went to a post-secondary education in 1920. By 1930, 23.5% of girls went to a post- secondary education.

10. Leisure Radio Motion Pictures – Silent Movies Sports Sports were a huge part of life in Canada Hockey games on the radio Women’s sports increased dramatically

11. Changing and Conflicting Attitudes Nightclubs/dance clubs became popular Smoking and drinking Flappers (photo) Fashion: see text book page 94

12. The Great Depression

13. Stocks – a stock is a share in the ownership of a company

14. Stocks- Continued When you buy a stock, you are promised a share of the money the company makes. This money is called a dividend

15. The Stock Market Crash Thursday, October 24, 1929 – share prices began to fall dramatically in the New York Stock Exchange. Shares became worth less money Friday & Monday - Share prices continued to fall

16. Tuesday, October 29, 1929 – Black Tuesday People went to the New York City Stock Exchange to try and get rid of their stocks. Nobody would buy them because they knew if they did, they would lose money Because of this, the stocks were now worth even less! The stock market crashed The Great Depression began

17. Causes of the Great Depression 1.Stock Market Crash 2.Spending habits of people in the 1920’s 3.The U.S was unable to trade, so Canada stopped making things to trade with them = people in Canada lost manufacturing jobs 4.Banks failed 5.Mass unemployment

18. YouTube - Stories from the Great Depression

19. Effects of the Great Depression In your groups, you will make notes for one of the following sections: 1.Falling Economic Policies 2.Social Conditions 3.Hard Times Across the Country 4.Escape from the Hard Times 5.Political Changes You will then teach the class on your section.