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Chapter3 Timeline
Canada and the Twenties
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Winnipeg General Strike gives voice to Post-war dissatisfaction. | 1919 |
| League of Nations established, with Canada as a full member. | 1920 |
| British Columbia becomes first province to end Prohibition. | 1920 |
| Minority government elected. | 1921 |
| Agnes Macphail becomes first woman elected to Parliament. | 1921 |
| Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin. | 1921 |
| King-Bing crisis focuses on Canada's push for autonomy from Britain. | 1926 |
| Imperial conference leads to publication of the Balfour Report. | 1926 |
| Federal government allows for old aged pension, introducing government-run social assistance for the first time in Canada. | 1927 |
| Allied Tribes of British Columbia go to Ottawa to argue for land treaty negotiations. | 1928 |
| Persons Case opens the way for Canadian women to be appointed to the senate. | 1929 |
| Stock Market crashes. | 1929 |