Golden Twenties

1. Golden Twenties

2. Across North America • Urbanization • New role of women • Prohibition • Men returning

3. Canada in the 20’s ( Unit 3 – Page 84) • 1920 – A Federal sales tax of 1 % was imposed • Feb 26,1920- The Indian Act was amended to give Canadian Indians the right to vote. • Jul 1, 1923- The Chinese Immigration Act • Oct 19, 1929 to Oct 24, 1929 - The selling of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange accelerated, leading to panic selling and tumbling prices. By Black Thursday, October 24, the economic boom of the 1920s was in ruins and the Great Depression began.

4. Canada After WWI • The end of the war found Canada in a very new state. During the war, migration had been a large part of the Canadian community because many men went to war. • The men returning from the war found themselves without jobs and women that had been working were being fired to supply jobs for the men that were returning from the war front.

5. Canada After the War • Canada is split in two. • Half the country experiences a economic boom ( increase in jobs and money) at the end of the war and the other half experiencing a loss ( decrease in jobs and money).

6. West & Central Canada • West and Central Canada experience an increase in jobs, technology and money after the war. • Goods such as wheat and natural gas which the were produced in West and Central Canada now had a market in the global community. • Imports from the Maritime weren’t in high demand as it had been. Lots of jobs were available and many migrants were outsourced from Canada and other countries around the world.

7. Maritime • The Maritime was known for their fishing, lumber and agricultural industries. These industries were needed during the war because most countries were not able to maintain these industries on their own. • When the war ended the fishing, lumber and agricultural industries were no longer in high demand. European countries began farming their own agricultural produce. • Due to the improvement in technology mining, a large industry in the Maritimes, began to suffer. Coal was no longer the means of powering electricity. Hydroelectricity came into play. • The industries in the Maritime were slowly beginning to decline.

8. In Class Assignment Letter to the Editor • In class you will be divided into two main groups; West and Central Canada or Maritime Canada. Once you have been divided into those two groups you will be divided into smaller groups. Each group will have 5-6 people per group. Each small group will be responsible for sending a letter to the Editor. • The groups are as follows: Maritime Farmers Upper Class Visible Minority Migratory Workers

9. In Class Assignment When Writing Remember : • Author ( who you are representing) • Audience ( who you are addressing the letter to) • Purpose ( why you are writing the letter)

10. Sample Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, For twenty years, my family have lived and helped sustain Canada. I dear say we have made this great country what it is today. I find it distasteful the way the government has allowed the jobs that should be reserved for Canadian men to be taken over by foreigners who know nothing about the labours of this country.....