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1930s: Solutions for the Depression

1930s: Solutions for the Depression. CHC2D8 Ms. Gluskin. Day 1. Government Policies. By 1933 1 out of 5 Canadians were out of work. From 1929 to 1933, 20% of Canadians depended on relief. .

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1930s: Solutions for the Depression

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  1. 1930s: Solutions for the Depression CHC2D8 Ms. Gluskin

  2. Day 1 Government Policies

  3. By 1933 1 out of 5 Canadians were out of work. • From 1929 to 1933, 20% of Canadians depended on relief. Freeman-Shaw, Elizabeth and Jan Haskings-Winner. Canadian Sources: Investigated. 1914 to the Present. Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, Ltd., 2008. Pages 50 and 52.

  4. In such hard times, would the government have to change its policies? Gov’t Words • Policy / Strategy • Political party (group of people with the same beliefs about government – they want to get elected to be the government) • Election / Elect • Provincial • Federal (national) • Municipal (city)

  5. Prime Ministers King= Liberal Party, Bennett = Conservative Party

  6. Vocabulary 104-105 • Alarmed (adjective) = shocked • Unemployment relief (noun) = help for people without jobs • Federal/provincial = levels of government • Five cent piece (noun) = a nickel • Fed up with = had enough of • Strategy = way of doing things • Limited role = small or restricted role

  7. Homework Finish: • TLS Worksheet # 2.2.6 (King and Bennett Venn Diagram)

  8. Day 2 New Political Parties – how did each party want to help people in the depression?

  9. Vocabulary 94-95 • Radio preacher (noun) = a person who spoke about religion on the radio • Demand (noun) = when a lot of people want something • Premier (noun) = leader of the provincial government • Vowed (verb) = promised to do something • Democratic socialism (noun) = a political belief system • Social programs (noun) = government policies to keep people from falling into poverty

  10. Social Credit Believed in giving people money in order to help them in hard times.

  11. CCF Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Believed in government helping lower class people, workers and the unemployed. “comradeship in unity” (cooperative commonwealth)

  12. Union Nationale Maurice Duplessis, Premier of Quebec, 1936-1939 Believed that blaming Quebec’s problems on English-speaking businesses would help the French-speaking, Roman Catholic people.

  13. Homework Finish: TLS Worksheet #2.1.7 (New Political Parties)

  14. Day 3 Relief camps Photos from About.com Canada Online. Great Depression in Canada Pictures. 2014. http://canadaonline.about.com/od/historyphotos/ig/Great-Depression-Canada/ (March 19, 2014).

  15. Living Conditions Dormitories at Trenton Relief Camp in Ontario Temporary housing at relief camp in Northern Ontario.

  16. Work

  17. Vocabulary 106-107 • Relief (noun) = help, assistance • Remote (adjective) = far away, isolated • Grateful (adjective) = thankful • Trek (noun) = trip, journey • Hitched a ride (expression) = jumped on • Sympathy (noun) = feel emotion for someone • It is easy to feel sympathy for people who lost their homes and their jobs. • Protest rally (noun) = when a group of people gather to show their opposition to something • Riot (noun) = when a protest gets violent

  18. On-to-Ottawa Trek Protestors wanted to go from British Columbia to Ottawa to complain about the camps.

  19. Did the Gov’t Help Enough? Did the Gov’t Do its Job? Your answer depends on your perspective. Workers Gov’t

  20. Homework • Finish: • TLS Worksheet #2.2.7 (Relief from Both Sides)

  21. Day 4 Changing Role of Government

  22. Primary Source Evidence • Bennett’s radio address, January 2, 1935 • “In the last five years, great changes have taken place in the world. The old order is gone. It will not return. … Reform means government intervention; it means government control and regulation; it means the end of laissez-faire. Reform heralds certain recovery.” Did Bennett think government’s role had changed?

  23. Role of Government

  24. Vocabulary 97 • Limited role = little government involvement • Regulate (verb) = to make rules • Social programs (noun) = government services to help people

  25. Did the government’s role change in these areas? • P • E • R • S • I • A • T

  26. Worksheet on the Changing Role of Gov’t • Each group should place the events on the spectrum of government involvement • Group 1: 1-2 • Group 2: 3-4 • Group 3: 5-6 • Group 4: 7-8 • Group 5: 9-10 • Group 6: 11-13 a lot a little

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