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1920's and 1930's Exam Reveiw
Exam reveiw for the 1920's and 1930's
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10th Grade
06/16/2012

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Black Thursday
Definition
Beginning of the fall of the stock market; October 2tth 1929.
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Black Tuesday
Definition
Day the market actually crashed - October 29th 1929.
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Stock
Definition
Piece of paper that represents a share in a company.
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Stockbroker
Definition
Person who buys or sells stocks.
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Rum Running
Definition
Illegally smuggling alcohol into the U.S. to make money.
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Spanish Flu
Definition
Brought over by troops, passed around to everybody else at home.
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Speakeasies
Definition
Illegal dances where alcohol was served.
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Red Scare
Definition
Communist takeover/conspiracy, red is the symbol for communism.
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Talkie
Definition
A movie with sound.
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Klu Klux Klan
Definition
Anti communist organization, founded in 1885.
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Bolshevism
Definition
Another name for communism.
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Aurthur Meghan
Definition
PM of Canada during the 1920's.
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Group of Seven
Definition
Canadian landscape painters.
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Frederick Banting
Definition
Invented insulin.
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Agnes McPhail
Definition
First female MP.
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Red Ensign
Definition
Canada's official flag.
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Buying on Margin
Definition
Buying a stock with no money down of 10% down, then selling it before you have to pay; Caused the crash of 1929.
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The Floor
Definition
Where people buy and sell shares.
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Ticker tape
Definition
Record of what the stocks did during the day.
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Dumbells
Definition
Singers/dancers.
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Armond Bombardier
Definition
Invented the snowmobile.
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I'm Alone
Definition
Famous "rum running" ship.
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Ethel Catherwood
Definition
Canada's first female gold medalist.
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Irene Parlby
Definition
First woman elected to the provincial government.
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Stock Market
Definition
Place where stocks are traded/sold/bought.
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Speculator
Definition
Spending on the best and selling at your highest to make more money.
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Bluenose
Definition
Famous fishing ship.
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Aurthur Secord
Definition
Invented the snow blower.
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Vagrancy
Definition
Being arrested for not having a job.
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Blairmore
Definition
Alberta's first communist town.
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Carine Wilson
Definition
Canada's first female senator.
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Soup Kitchens
Definition
Places that gave away free meals to poor people.
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Releif
Definition
Public funds given to the poor by the government.
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Downturn
Definition
Economic decline/economic slump - when the economy falls below normal levels.
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Living off the Land
Definition
Eating/surviving off the things you grow.
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Shanty Town
Definition
Roughly built dwellings or shacks at the outskirts of town.
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Bennett Buggies
Definition
Cars pulled by horses as there was no gas.
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Class Struggle
Definition
Any conflict between divisions of society.
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William Denby
Definition
First person to get old age security check.
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Moese Robb
Definition
Invented the electric organ.
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Eileen Jollick
Definition
First woman to get her pilots license.
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Morley Callingham
Definition
Writer of "The Strange Fugitive".
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Johnny Mills
Definition
Won the Boston marathon of 1926.
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Mazo De La Roche
Definition
Wrote "Jainia"
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Percy Williams
Definition
Athlete; Candybar named after him - "Our Percy".
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Bobby Franc Rosenfeild
Definition
Took the silver medal in the 100 meter dash.
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William Stevenson
Definition
Invented the wire transmitter.
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John Benan
Definition
Invented helium.
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Norman Wells, NWT
Definition
Oil first discovered here in 1920.
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Aimee Semple Macpherson
Definition
Traveling missionary/preacher, had a huge radio following in the 1930's.
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Babe Ruth
Definition
Famous 1920's baseball player.
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Dust-bowl
Definition
Big dust clouds that would sweep the Prairies; Name for the Prairies during the depression.
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Home Bank
Definition
A bank that went bankrupt during the 1920's; One of the biggest bank crashes of that time.
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The Famous Five
Definition
A group of women who came together during the persons case.
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Prohibition
Definition
A law that prohibited consumption, sales, production, etc. of alcohol.
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Flappers
Definition
Women who had short hair and wore fringed dresses, smoked and drank.
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Relief Camps
Definition
Camps where men were housed so they could not cause trouble.
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Nickname for the 1920's
Definition
The Roaring Twenties.
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Nickname for the 1930's
Definition
The Dirty Thirties.
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