1929: William Lyon Mackenzie King is PM

2. 1929: William Lyon Mackenzie King is PM • Felt the crash was a __________part of the business cycle • Believed the government should not ____________in the economy • Calls an election in 1930

3. Leader of the Conservatives: R.B. Bennett • Campaigns across Canada promising to take action • Bennett promises jobs for everyone willing to work, and high __________to protect Canadian industry

4. "I propose that any government of which I am the head will at the first session of parliament initiate whatever __________is necessary to that end, or perish in the attempt." – R.B. Bennett, June 9, 1930.

5. The Five Cent Piece Speech • King, in response to provincial governments’ requests for relief funding, said he would not give any Conservative provincial governments “a _______-cent piece”

6. Bennett and the Conservatives win a majority in the 1930 election

7. Bennett’s Policies • Also reluctant to interfere with the economy, but does keep his promises • Relief Acts set aside millions of dollars for emergency relief and, in 1932, create the __________ ________system • Raises _____________on imported goods

8. “Blasting” into World Markets • Wanted the British Empire to adopt preferential tariffs • "I offer to the Mother Country and to all the other parts of the Empire, a preference in the Canadian market in exchange for a like preference in theirs."  • But Britain was committed to ________trade

9. But Bennett’s policies are not effective... • Unemployment _________by 1933 • Bennett begins to gradually increase government ______________in the economy: • 1934 – created ________of Canada to regulate monetary policy • 1935 – established Canadian _________Board to regulate wheat prices • 1935 – introduced ______________benefits Legacy items as they are still with us today

10. “Bennett Buggies”

11. Bennett’s 1935 “New Deal” • ______________his former policies • New _____________programs – unemployment insurance, minimum ________, regulation of working conditions, health and ___________ insurance, ______age pension, agricultural support programs • Goes against his former support of unregulated capitalism – critics said he was making a “deathbed conversion” to ______the election

12. Political Cartoons, 1930-1935 • Techniques to look for: • Captioning: a sentence or phrase that is the title for the cartoon. • Labelling: words in the drawing to identify people, ideas, or objects. • Relative size: figures are drawn much larger or smaller than others to make a point or statement. • Shading(light and dark): use of white space and dark shading to create an effect. • Composition: the arrangement or location of figures or objects in the cartoon • Symbolism: a sign such as a facial expression, gesture, or body position, and symbols, an object used to represent something else • Caricature: a distorted, oversimplified, or exaggerated stereotype used to represent something else.