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The Edmonton Grads They were the most successful sports team in Canadian History.
Canada passed a foreign policy and refused to send troops. This was the start of
The Chanak Affair
Canada showing more independence from Britain.
A fishing and racing schooner, became a national
icon and its nickname was the "Queen of the
The Bluenose
North". It was put on the dime in 1937, by artist
Emanuel Hahn.
Many farmers and young adults left the countryside and moved to the towns and
Urbanization cities , looking for jobs, since farm mechanization meant less farm hands were
needed.
A group formed to protect the rights of First Nations People, and to improve their
The League of Indians
living conditions in Canada.
Black men employed as sleeping car porters experienced racial discrimination
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and exploitation on the job. This was the first labor organization led by African
Americans.
This music grew in popularity through
Jazz the speakeasies and came to symbolize
the freeness of the 1920's.
The Canadian government took First Nations
children from their families and put them in
Residential Schools school. These schools were run mostly by the
Roman Catholic church. The main idea was to try
to "kill the Indian in the child".
Bootleggers The people who would smuggle liquor into the States to make money.
This invention was so popular almost every family had one. It kept people up-to-
The Radio date with national and international events as well as, a way to get family
entertainment.
He was placed in the hockey, football and lacrosse hall of fames, and also, the
Lionel Conacher
Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.
Agnes Macphail The first woman to be elected to parliament.
They developed Insulin which gave life to diabetics, who up until then always died
Doctors Banting and Best
very young.
These women who went to Britain's Privy council in 1929, to argue that women
The Famous Five
should be "Persons" under the law.
The Chinese were completely prohibited from immigrating to Canada in the 1923
Chinese Immigration Act of 1923
revision to the Immigration Act.
It was the first time Canada refused to allow Britain to sign the treaty as they
The Halibut Treaty usually did. It was argued that it was a matter that solely concerned Canada and
the United States.
Was the name of the conference that gave Canada more independence but still
The Imperial Conference.
allowed them the support of all of the countries in the Commonwealth.
The Royal Canadian Airforce. In 1924, the Canadian Airforce was renamed by King George V.
The name of the group of Canadian artists that became Canadian Symbols,
The Group of Seven
because of their unique way of painting Canada's rugged landscape.
This was the method of payment that caused many people to get into financial
Buying on credit
debt.
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