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The 1920s was berries man, and that aint no
baloney.
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Good times of Prosperity

• Prosperity a successful, flourishing, or
  thriving condition, especially in financial
  respects good fortune.
• WHY?
• Wages were rising
• Workers were spending money on new inventions
  like cars, radios and electric appliances more
  money going into the economy meant a better
  economy
• Rural Canadians felt less isolated due to the
  telephone, radios and cars
• People were suddenly confident in the economy and
  investing in the stock market, resulting in a
  boom

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LEISURE

• New fashions flappers were wild young women who
  dressed outrageously to attract attention
• Men greased back their hair and wore baggy pants,
  bow ties and bright hats
• Popular new music was jazz
• Dancing became popular, especially the Charleston
• Spectator sports became popular, including
  baseball, hockey and football
• Up until the 1920s, all movies were silent. Now
  talkies came out.
• Canadian actress Mary Pickford was known as
  Americas Sweetheart

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• Unfortunately Flat tires thinking they are the
  cats meow always makin things all wet

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Politics Now

• Conservative Party
• Liberal Party

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Politics Now

• Bloc Quebecois
• New Democratic Party NDP
• Green Party

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Politics Then 20s/30s

• The two largest political parties were the same
  as now
• Liberals Vs. Conservatives
• Liberal Leader MacKenzie King 1919 (following
  Lauriers death) PM in 1921
• Conservative Leader R. B. Bennett PM in 1930

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Politics Then (1920s)

• For places outside of Central Canada the roar
  of prosperity of the 1920s was hardly felt in
  places where farming and fishing were the main
  industries.
• People were starting to feel that the business
  interests of Ontario and Quebec were directing
  the national agenda.
• This lead to protest movements in the West and
  the Maritimes.

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Politics Then (1920s)

• Regional protest parties that developed in Canada
• The Progressive Party
• The Maritimes Rights Movement

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Politics Then

• The Progressive Party which emerged in the 1920s
  representing the interests of farmers became the
  official opposition in the 1921 election winning
  more seats than the conservatives!! (64 seats PP,
  50 CP)
• However the party did not last the farmers were
  united on the tariff issue but divided on public
  control of railways and utilities and the
  marketing of grain.
• The Liberals lured away some of the Progressive
  voters and the 1930 election only saw them win 12
  seats.
• By 1932 the remaining Progressives joined with
  labour and farm groups to form the Cooperative
  Commonwealth Federation (CCF).

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Politics Then

• The Maritimes Rights Movement
• They believed that all of Canada was responsible
  for any region that was economically
  disadvantaged by its geographic location.
• They wanted subsidies for Maritime provinces
• More international trade through ports such as
  Halifax, NS and Saint John, NB.
• Higher tariffs to protect the regions steel and
  coal industries
• Depopulation of the Maritimes meant a drop in
  representatives in the House of Commons.
• MacKenzie King did not want to lose the support
  of the growing West so he did not grant the
  high tariff and American coal and steal flooded
  the Canadian market
• Discouraged the Maritime movement disbanded in
  1926.

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• 1930s Politics was all balled up with the new Big
  Cheese

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Politics Then (1930s)

• 1) Conservatives -R.B. Bennetts New Deal (Came
  into power 1930-1935)
• Based on American model (Roosevelts New Deal)
• Included
• -progressive taxation
• -maximum work week
• -minimum wage
• -unemployment insurance
• -old age pensions
• Bennett lost the election to William Lyon
  MacKenzie King in 1935 (Liberal)

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Politics Then

• 2) Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)
  founded in 1933
• Led by J.S. Woodsworth
• Party made up of farmers, labour leaders,
  intellectuals
• Wanted government support for the poor and
  unemployed

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Politics Then

• 3) Social Credit Party gained power in 1935,
  founded in 1934
• Thought citizens should spend their way out of
  the Depression
• Leader William Bible Bill Aberhart proposed
  giving every adult 25/month
• Won provincial election in Alberta in 1935

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Politics Then

• 4) Union Nationale gained power in 1936
• Quebec party led by Maurice Duplessis
• Believed that Quebeckers should have more control
  over their own economy
• Had lots of success in Quebec provincial politics

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Politics Then

• 5) The Communist Party
• A small but active party led by Tim Buck
• Known as the red menace (red was associated
  with revolution and the color of the communist
  Soviet Union flag)
• Wanted to change the Canadas economic system by
  starting a revolution rallies included workers
  and the unemployed
• The party was outlawed and Buck was jailed from
  1932-1934.

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• Women in Politics The Real McCoy
• ?

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Women in Politics

• Women gained the right to vote federally in 1918.
• They thought having the right to vote would bring
  greater equality for women and allow them a more
  active role in public life.
• By 1920, women won the right to vote in federal
  elections and provinicial elections with the
  exception of Quebec.
• The 1921 federal election was the first election
  where women over age of 21 could vote and run for
  political office.
• Five women ran for office.
• Agnes Macphail (ON) was elected.
• She was re-elected 4 times and was an Member of
  Parliament (MP) until 1935.

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Women in Politics

• Macphail endured plenty of gender discrimination
  by her male colleagues and was treated
  condescendingly being called lady instead of by
  her name.
• But she held her own.
• Im not a lady, Im an MP. This old-fashioned
  chivalry is all hollow. It means nothing except
  men think women inferior. Im no Gulf stream in
  the cold ocean of political life.
• Men would say Dont you wish you were a man?
  Her response Dont you?

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Women in Politics - Persons Case

• Constitutionally women were not persons in
  Canada until October of1929.
• Declarations under the British North American Act
  declared that only qualified persons could
  become senators. Other laws had similar wordings.
• Five Alberta women led the challenge to prove and
  win that yes, women were persons under the law.
• The famous five as they became known saw the
  legal battle last through a decade
• 1) Emily Murphy, first woman judge in British
  Empire
• 2) Irene Parlby, first woman cabinet minister
  in Canada
• 3) Nellie McClung, Member of Alberta
  legislature
• 4) Henrietta Edwards and Louise McKinney-
  suffragists and prohibitionists
• After the persons case the womens movement
  lost momentum until the 1960s!