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WorksheetsCanada Between the Wars
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The era when the making, selling, and transporting of alcohol was deemed illegal is known as:
a)
Bootlegging
b)
Prohibition
c)
Appeasement
d)
Reparation
2.
Which of the following was cited to be the most devastating epidemic ever recorded in the world’s history – between 20 and 40 MILLION deaths?
a)
WWI
b)
The Holocaust
c)
The Spanish Flu
d)
The Bubonic Plague
3.
What term means to “be afraid of or dislike foreigners, those who are different?”
a)
Differphobia
b)
Ethniphobia
c)
Trumpiphobia
d)
Xenophobia
4.
Bootleggers and speakeasies were both attempts to:
a)
Promote religious education in schools
b)
Limit communists from entering Canada
c)
Get around Prohibition
d)
Deport immigrants
5.
Which of the following was NOT an acceptable job for women following WWI?
a)
Pilot
b)
Doctor
c)
Lawyer
d)
Salesclerk
6.
Which of the following is NOT true regarding WWI Veterans?
a)
They felt they were owed jobs
b)
They were mad that factory owners were wealthy
c)
They expected work as soon as they returned home
d)
They wanted money without having to work
7.
Which of the following is NOT true about the workers in the Winnipeg General Strike?
a)
They wanted $0.75 an hour
b)
They wanted an 8 hour workday
c)
They wanted employment insurance
d)
They wanted the right to collective bargaining
8.
Which of the following was created in an effort to assimilate Native Canadians?
a)
Residential Schools
b)
Apprentice Factories
c)
Reparation Schools
d)
Appeasement Factories
9.
What government statute required all Chinese and Japanese immigrants to renounce their former citizenship?
a)
Immigration Act
b)
Chinese Exclusion Act
c)
Revised "Gentleman's Agreement"
d)
Order in Council
10.
When was the Communist Party made illegal under the Canadian Criminal Code?
a)
August, 1931
b)
October, 1931
c)
May, 1932
d)
November, 1930
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