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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Winnipeg General Strike | Workers walked off their jobs in order for their demands to be heard causing all services to shut down, and officials to ban parades and demostrations of support to the strike |
| Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | A pro -worker political party |
| King Byng Crisis | Lord Byng wished to dissolve parliament for a new election but the Governor General refused and gave power to the Conservative Party. This was the first time that a Governor General refused the requests of a Prime Minister |
| Women's Christian Temperance Union | These women used their new found influence to convince the goverment to ban all production, sale, and consumption of alcohol |
| Prohibition | the banning of alcohol |
| Rum-Runners | smugglers who would smuggle illegal alcohol into the United States |
| Agnes Macphail | She was the first female Member of Parliament , she won her riding in 1921 |
| Famous Five | Composed of Emily Murphy, NellieMcClung, Henrietta Muir Edwars, Louise Mckinney and Irene Parlby |
| Emily Murphy | First woman judge in the British Empire |
| "Persons" case | It was wether or not did the word "persons"in the BNA Act include both male and females. In 1929 British Privy Council responded yes. |
| Market Economy | Countries that have a capitalist econony system ( private individuals and business firms exchange goods and services through markets |
| Supply | The availability of a particualr product |
| Demand | represents just what it implies , hoe badly people want the product |
| Laissez Faire | "let it be " or "let do" . goverments let the economy do whatever it wanted |
| Boom | extreme prosperity |
| Bust | serious downturn |
| recession | when economic activity is in decline |