1. The Roaring 20s 1920 - 1930

2.  High unemployment throughout the nation as factories switched from war time to peace time production  Canadians began to identify more with Americans than with Britain – Britain was identified with WW I that Canadians wanted to forget and get on with their lives

3.  First Nations Peoples had their cultural and traditional identity attacked by the policies of the Federal Government  Crowfoot – a Canadian “Indian” in the 1920s

4.  Women were not considered equal to men for employment opportunities  Women’s fashions began to reflect some new freedoms

5. 1900 - 19201920 - 1930

6.  New machines changed the daily lives of all Canadians  New inventions and gadgets made housework easier and less time consuming  People had more leisure time for entertainment and fun

7. Arthur Meighen 1920-21 Conservative Party William Lyon Mackenzie King Liberal Party 1921- 1930

8. Thomas A. Crerar Leader of the Progressive Party The Progressive Party stands second in 1921

9.  Agnes Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons in 1921 as a member of the New Progressive Party.  She would later become a member of Alberta’s Famous Five.

10. Minority GovernmentMajority Government  The political party in control of the government has less than 50% of the seats in the House of Commons  The governing party must make an alliance with another party to do business effectively.  A vote of non-confidence by the combined opposition parties means the governing party must resign and call an election.  The political party in control of the government has more than 50% of the seats in the House of Commons.  The governing party can do business without the support of the opposition parties

11.  The Progressive Conservative Government of run by Prime Minister Harper is a minority government.  Prime Minister King’s 1921 government was a minority government.