Canada in the 1920s and Great Depression

being able to produce a large number of items in a short amount of time using machines and assembly lines

• Mass Production

• Credit

• Interest

• Assimilation

the amount of money available to be borrowed from a bank, using something of value as collateral.

• Mass Production

• Credit

• Interest

• Assimilation

a percentage of money you have borrowed that has to be paid back, in addition to the amount of money you have borrowed.

• Mass Production

• Credit

• Interest

• Assimilation

to make a part of a larger group

• Mass production

• Credit

• Interest

• Assimilation

Which was not a positive aspect of living in the 1920s?

• Economy as a whole was doing very well; higher wages meant people had more money to spend on new products.

• Mass production of items made them cheaper, so they were available to more people to purchase.

• Many new inventions made life easier (cars, telephones, electronics), so people would go into debt by purchasing them on credit.

• Banks had lent out so much money that they couldn’t pay people back when the stock market crashed, wiping out the banks (more in the US than in Canada).

Which groups of people did not benefit as much from the economic boom of the 1920s?

• Working Poor

• Immigrants

• Women & Children

• First Nations

• All of the Above

Why was life difficult for women at the time? (select all that apply)

• Men were returning from WWI and putting them out of work

• Many were expected to leave school early

• They were paid less than men for the same work

• Life was easy for all women at the time

a share in the ownership of a company

• Stock

• Dividend

• Victory Bonds

• Stock Exchange

• Stock Market

a share of a company’s profit, earned by a stock

• Stock

• Divident

• Victory Bonds

• Stock Exchange

• Stock Market

certificates that were purchased from the government in order to raise money to pay for the First World War. These certificates guaranteed a profit.

• Stock

• Dividend

• Victory Bonds

• Stock Exchange

• Stock Market