Canada a People’s History – Episode 13 Hard Times



Canada a People’s History

Episode 13 Hard Times, part 1

1. What two areas of the Canadian economy boomed in the 1920s? Why? What happened to them in the 1930s?

2. What was William Lyon Mackenzie King’s attitude toward the economic crisis and what did it cost him?

Descent into Chaos

“Why don’t you work like the other men do? Why, how can I work when there’s no work to do?’

3. What was the official term used when men were arrested for simply not having a job?

4. What brought about a crisis in Newfoundland in 1932? What was the solution?

An Era Being Born

5. What areas of life were ripe for radical change?

The Enemies Within

6. What prospect terrified R.B. Bennett?

7. Who does Bill Knight say made the “reds” in Canada? What does he mean?

8. Which extremists were ignored by the government?

9. What type of schools were Bennett’s work camps? What were some of the forgotten men planning?

Needles and Pins

“…but it’s worse for the children, there is no money to care for them, so in the end we bury them.”

10. What is ironic about Eaton’s heir John David Eaton’s statement that the 1930s were great because “everybody learned what it was like to work”?

11. Why did workers tolerate horrible conditions in the sweatshops?

Blown Away

12. Why are natural disasters like drought and dust storms overwhelming for Canadians?

The End of the Line

13. What development in the U.S. under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was looked to as a possible model for Canada?

14. What sort of response did the work camp men receive in Vancouver? Why?

15. What was the slogan Mackenzie King used in the 1935 federal election? Why was it successful?

A Clean Sweep

16. Contrast Mackenzie King’s lifestyle and approach to governance with that of the new provincial premiers: Duplesiss, Aberhardt and Hepburn. What is prudence?

A League of Her Own

17. What “first” did Cairine Wilson achieve?

18. On what international issue did she take a strong stand, despite the unpopularity of her view?

The Politics of Hope

19. Why did Aberhardt’s prosperity certificate scheme fail? Why did people still support the Premier?

20. What anti-democratic legislation did Aberhardt try to enact? What was the result?

21. The CCF wanted to “alter the social conditions that lead to poverty.” What does this mean?

Is the statement “Canada is between two wars, but it is not at peace” an accurate assessment of the state of the country in the 1930s or is it an exaggeration? Discuss three reasonings.

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