Name: ______________________

CHC2D: 1920s and 1930s Test

Part 1: Match the name or term at the right with the description or definition that suits it best (12
marks, Knowledge and Understanding)
Motto of the Winnipeg General Strike ____
Investing in the stock market with borrowed money ____
An insult to the Prime Minister ____
Taxes on imports ____
The Persons Case ____
Crisis with King ____
Liberated, stylish young woman ____
Travels to find work ____

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
m)
n)
o)

Bennett Buggy
Flapper
Tariffs
The Dust Bowl
Transient
W.L. Mackenzie King
J.S. Woodsworth
Lord Byng of Vimy
Maurice Duplessis
Prohibition
Rocco Perri
Do Nothing
Buying on the Margin
Elzire Dionne
Emily Murphy

Would not give a five cent piece ____

First leader of the CCF ____
Quebec nationalist ____
Forbidding the sale and consumption of alcohol ____
Part 2: For each of the following, circle the alternative that best answers the question or
completes the statement (8 marks, Knowledge and Understanding)
1. Who created the Bank of Canada and the Canadian Wheat Board in an attempt to solve
Canadas economic problems?
a. William Lyon Mackenzie King
b. William Aberhart
c. Rocco Perri
d. Richard Bedford Bennett
2. Which of the following political parties wanted to change Canadas political system, without a
revolution?
a. Social Credit
b. Liberal
c. Communist
d. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

3. Which of the following was NOT a long term cause of the Great Depression?
a. Overproduction
b. Canadas dependence on the United States for trade
c. The Stock Market Crash
d. Easy credit

4. The Chanak Crisis was

a. An example of Canadas growing independence from Britain
b. The result of 1000 relief camp workers going on strike in British Columbia
c. The name for R.B. Bennetts failure to blast into world markets
d. A disagreement between Prime Minister King and Canadas Governor General
5. The proportion of the population in Saskatchewan receiving relief peaked in 1938, while in
Ontario it peaked in 1933. This is because,
a. Ontarians were receiving more direct relief than indirect relief.
b. Saskatchewans economy was mainly dependent on the manufacturing sector.
c. The policies of the Social Credit policy led to increased employment in Saskatchewan.
d. Severe droughts hit Alberta and Saskatchewan between 1929 and 1937.
6. The Canadian government used ________ to attempt to assimilate First Nations people.
a. Relief Camps
b. Reservations
c. Residential schools
d. Trade

7. The men in the photo to the

left are most likely waiting in
line
a. To receive cash relief
b. To work as relief camp
laborours
c. To receive food or
meal tickets
d. To buy stocks

8. Mackenzie King won the election of 1935 because

a. He promised a comprehensive health care system
b. He promised unemployment insurance and old age pensions
c. He promised to expand relief camps
d. None of the above he made no major promises

Part 3: Indicate the following on the graph below by circling the area and labeling it with the
appropriate letter (5 marks, Application).
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

Boom
Recession
Low prices on consumer goods
High levels of employment
Where the stock market crash would have occurred on the graph

The Business Cycle

Part 4: Political Cartoon Analysis

1. What is the main argument

of this cartoon? (2 marks?)

2. Does the cartoon support the Liberals or the Conservatives? (1 mark)

3. Identify and explain TWO visual elements that the cartoonist uses to support his or her point of
view. (4 marks)

Part 5: Persuasive Paragraph

1. It is July 1935, and you have been arrested for participating in the Regina Riot as a striker. The
police are accusing you and the other strikers of starting a riot that killed a police detective and
injured many others. You will need to convince them of your innocence in order to avoid being
sent to jail.
Write a testimony that will convince the police that you (the strikers) had gathered in the square
for good reason, and that the riot was not caused by the strikers. This will take the form of a
persuasive paragraph. Consider:
The strikers motivation for the strike
The events that led up to the strike and the riot
What took place during the riot itself

Thinking and
Inquiry
Use of evidence
Communication
Paragraph Structure
(topic sentence, main
points, evidence and
concluding sentence)

Level 4
89 100%

Level 3
70 79%

Level 2
60 69%

Level 1
59% and below

Chooses highly
effective evidence to
support the main
argument

Chooses considerably
effective evidence to
support the main
argument

Chooses somewhat
effective evidence to
support the main
argument

Chooses insufficient or
irrelevant evidence to
support the main
argument

Arguments are
presented with
exceptional clarity and
precision. Includes all
elements of proper
paragraph structure

Includes all elements

of proper paragraph
structure

Includes some
elements of proper
paragraph structure

Elements of proper
paragraph structure
are missing or unclear

Spelling, grammar,
and style have very
few errors

Spelling, grammar,
and style require
moderate editing

Arguments are unclear

or difficult to
understand

Spelling, grammar,
and style are almost
free of errors

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