Roaring 20

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Roaring 20s Economy

• Saskatchewan Wheat Board
• Canadas Growing Economy due to WWI

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Introductionduring the war

• Canadas economy grew due to all the factories
  producing war supplies
• Great demands
• Unemployment disappeared

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Poor Economy after WWI

• End of war? end of demands for goods and services
• Country in an economic slump
• Factories shut down
• Agriculture sector suffered drought
• Difficult to maintain standard of living
• Canadian soldiers came back to unemployment
• Unemployment was very high
• Little the government could do

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Rebuilding Economy

• 1920sCanadian workers began to create unions to
  ensure job security.
• Strikes held to improve working conditions
• Adjust from war economy to peacetime economy

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Roaring 20s economy

• Viewed as an era of great economic prosperity
  driven by the introduction of a wide array of new
  customer goods

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War torn Europe

• Europe was rebuilding itself
• Canadian agriculture sector rose
• Wheat on high demand
• U.S. took an increasingly isolationist stance
• Britain supplanted by the U.S. as Canadas main
  economic partner

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TradeU.S.

• U.S becoming Canadas main economic partner
• increased trade with the U.S.
• The US purchased most of Canadas raw materials
• US set up branch plant in Canada to produce
  American products to avoid Canadian Import taxes

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Mass Production

• Mass development allowed for cheaper prices of
  technology products
• New technology
• Automobile
• Movie
• Radio
• Chemical industries
• Refrigerators

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Mass Production (cont.)

• Cars
• Before the war, cars were rare luxuries
• By 1920, cars were much cheaper
• Cars had wide effects on the economy and society
• Gas stations
• motels
• Source industries were broadening
• Unemployment dropped

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Women in the Economy

• During war, many women obtained jobs
• Most of women retained their jobs throughout the
  20s
• One in five workers were women

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Growing Economy

• Factories began to produce new products, like
  cars, radios and refrigerators.
• Unemployment dropped and peoples lives were back
  on track.

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Roaring 20sOverview

• United States replaced Britain as Canadas main
  economic partner
• technological advancements increased trade and
  employment rate
• More women in the economy

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Focus Question

• How would the economy be different without the
  influence of WWI?
• Would it be almost the same or would the changes
  be drastic?
• How did WWI affect Canadas economy in the aspect
  of Canadas relationship with the U.S. and women
  in the economy?

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Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
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Reasons for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool

• Dramatic collapse in wheat prices
• Farmers wanted a decent price for their wheat

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Saskatchewan Wheat Pool

• The farmers of Union of Canada launched the Wheat
  Pool in 1924
• Helped farmers get a decent price on wheat
• Marketed the prairie wheat crop in export markets
  in accordance with world price levels

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Canadian Wheat Board

• Similar to Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
• Formed as a temporary measure to market the
  countrys entire crop
• Help stabilize price of wheat
• mean of controlling the prices of wheat so that
  everyone would receive the same price

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Focus Question

• What do you think would have happened to Canadian
  farmers and the Canadian economy if the federal
  government did not establish the Saskatchewan
  Wheat Pool?

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POP QUIZ!!
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1)After WWI, why were the farmers wheat on high
demand?

• a) It was predicted that a drought would follow
  the war
• b) War torn Europe needed Canadian wheat
• c) There was a shortage on wheat due to an
  infectious virus that attacked wheat crops
• d) The wheat was cheap because there were so much
  wheat left over from the war

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1)After WWI, why were the farmers wheat on high
demand?

• a)
• b) War torn Europe needed Canadian wheat
• c)
• d)

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2) Who replaced Britain as Canadas number one
economy partner?

1. United States
2. Germany
3. Russia
4. China

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2) Who replaced Britain as Canadas number one
economy partner?

1. United States

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3) Which of the following was the biggest reason
for the pick up in Canadas economy?

1. Due to the war, Europe became a poverty continent
   and, as a result, increased Canadas economic
   powers
2. A newly elected Prime Minister
3. Women who stepped up when the economy was rough
4. Increased trade with the United States

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3) Which of the following was the biggest reason
for the pick up in Canadas economy?

4. Increased trade with the United States

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4) Mass development allowed for

1. Increased factory scandals of theft, for there
   was too much goods to keep track
2. The economy to decline
3. Cheaper prices of technology products
4. A boycott in technology devices

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4) Mass development allowed for

3. Cheaper prices of technology products

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5) In Canada, 1 in __ workers by the end of
1920s was a woman

1. 1
2. 5
3. 20
4. 500

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5) In Canada, 1 in __ workers by the end of
1920s was a woman

2. 5

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Name a reason why the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool was
created
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7) Which year was the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
launched?

1. 1914
2. 1918
3. 1924
4. 1929

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7) Which year was the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
launched?

3. 1924

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8) Which of the followings did the Saskatchewan
Wheat Pool NOT do?

1. Helped farmers get a decent price on wheat
2. Establish sky-rocketing wheat sales through the
   years of 1918-1928
3. Marketed the prairie wheat crop in export markets
   in accordance with world price levels

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8) Which of the followings did the Saskatchewan
Wheat Pool NOT do?

2. Establish sky-rocketing wheat sales through the
   years of 1918-1928

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9) What was the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool similar
to?

1. Saskatchewan Farmers Union
2. Saskatchewan Wheat Union
3. Canadian Wheat Board
4. Canadian Wheat Pool

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9) What was the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool similar
to?

• Canadian Wheat Board

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The End

• Carrie, Karthik, Sarfraz, Stefeni

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