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Welcome to... A Game of X’s and O’s
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789 456 123 Scoreboard X O Click Here if X Wins Click Here if O Wins
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1 What was the time period of the Great Depression?
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1 1929 – 1939 (“the Dirty Thirties”) Home
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2 What insect was a problem for the prairie farmers during the Depression?
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2 The grasshopper caused problems by eating the crops that did manage to grow.
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3 What did “Bennett Buggies” refer to?
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3 “Bennett Buggies” were cars that were pulled by horses because people couldn’t afford gas.
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4 What was the name of the quintuplets that were born during the Depression?
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4 The Dionne Quintuplets
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5 Why could fisherman in the Atlantic Provinces not make a living during the Depression?
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5 People in Europe weren’t buying their fish anymore and they couldn’t afford gas for their boats.
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6 What was a nickname for Saskatchewan during the drought of the Depression?
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6 “The Dustbowl”
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7 What new technology made people feel that “the world was becoming a smaller place” because they could talk to one another across large distances?
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7 The “ham” radio
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8 What was a nickname for the “prosperity certificates” that the premier of Alberta created?
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8 Prosperity certificates were called “Funny Money”.
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9 What system is in place now to help people in financial difficulties that wasn’t in place during the Depression?
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9 The welfare system
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