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CHC2D: 1920's and 1930's Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The 1920's can be summed up in one word: __________

a)

CHAOS

b)

COVID

c)

CHANGE

d)

CARBON

2.

Which of the following was NOT a major area of change during the 1920's?

a)

Women's Rights

b)

Immigration

c)

Technology

d)

Labour and Working Conditions

3.

The group of Canadian women who pushed for women to be known as persons were called:

a)

The Famous Five

b)

The Person's Case

c)

Nellie McClung

d)

Suffragettes

4.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of Prohibition?

a)

Social Conditions: Women's groups argued that alcohol was the cause of many of society's problems

b)

WWI: Temperance groups argued that valuable grains should be sent to the soldiers fighting the war

c)

Political Conditions: Having won the right to vote, women's rights activists campaigned against alcohol

d)

Economic Conditions: Since the economy was in the 'boom' stage, people didn't want to drink alcohol

5.

Name one positive consequence of Prohibition.

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6.

Name one negative consequence of Prohibition.

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7.

Which Canadian city was the site of a general strike in 1919?

a)

Toronto

b)

Winnipeg

c)

Regina

d)

Yellowknife

8.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Winnipeg General Strike?

a)

Social Conditions: Workers were unhappy with poor working conditions and wages.

b)

Political Conditions: The idea of Communism, where everyone shares in the wealth of a country, was gaining popularity around the world.

c)

Unions: One Big Union represented all of the workers in Canada.

d)

Economic Conditions: Many men were returning from WWI and looking for jobs, wages remained low, and inflation was rampant.

9.

Soldiers returning from WWI had to deal with a pandemic known as:

a)

COVID-19

b)

Bubonic Plague

c)

Angus fever

d)

Spanish Flu

10.

Was the Winnipeg General Strike a success? (Explain).

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11.

Choose all of the BACKGROUND causes of the Great Depression. (Hint: One is wrong)

a)

Dependency on Primary Products

b)

Overproduction and Overexpansion

c)

The Business Cycle

d)

Dependency on the United States

e)

High Tariffs

12.

The Trigger Cause of the Great Depression was:

(a)  

13.

During the Great Depression, young, unemployed men were often sent to work at:

a)

Internment Camps

b)

Relief Camps

c)

Unemployment Housing

d)

High-paying office jobs

14.

The "Dustbowl" in the Prairies was caused by:

a)

A plague of grasshoppers that ate all the crops

b)

A fungus that destroyed crops

c)

The Stock Market crash

d)

A drought

15.

2 ways people tried to escape the Great Depression were: (2 answers)

a)

Movies

b)

Watching sports such as hockey

c)

Netflix

d)

Illegal drugs such as heroin