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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prosperity | A Good time for the economy. Employment is high. Inflation is low. The economy is at its prime. |
| Depresion | A bad time for the economy. Unemployment is high. Inflation is high. The economy is at its worst. |
| Pension | Money set aside for returning veterans. This money is also given to people to old or unable to work. |
| Socialist | Trying to bring equallity to everybody. They helped with wages and working conditions. |
| Communism | Everybody is equal. Nothing privately owned. Everything was public. |
| The Winnipeg General Strike | A huge strike in Winnipeg. 30,000 people walked off jobs. They wanted better wages and shorter working weeks. |
| Bloody Saturday | During the parade for the Winnipeg General Strike. The RCMP went violent. They were armed with pistols and clubs. One striker died and thirty were injured |
| Regionalism | Regions which are being focused on or have problems. These problems are usaly local. |
| Tariff | A tax put on goods being imported and exported. This helps protect the economy. In Canada it helped industries but the old fashioned farmers were hurt by high prices. |
| Minority Government | A Government whish does not have enough seats to win the election. They have to seek out another pantie to win the election. |
| The Balfour Report | This report changed the British Empire to the British Commonwealth. It Made Canada independent from Britain. |
| Boot Legging | Bringing alcohol across the boarder was very common during the 1920's. It was a dangerous but profitable task. |
| U.S. Investments | They put money into Canadian industries and natural resources. They often created branches off of their businesses into Canada to avoid taxes and tariffs. |