Chapter Eleven: The 1920s: A Decade of Adjustment

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Question 1
What did A.P. Paterson argue in The True Story of Confederation?
a. the very essence of Confederation went against the idea of the tariff and demanded that it be abolished.
b. all Canadians should bear the extra costs experienced by a region as a result of its disadvantageous location.
c. the two-party system was flawed and had to be replaced by a system with many parties forming alliances.
d.tariff reductions were a natural step in a country that after years of relying on British trade was ready to become a world economic power on its own

Question 2
Who favoured "group government," seeing political parties as inherently evil?
a.Henry Wise Wood
b. Robert Forke
c. John Bracken
d. Thomas Crerar

Question 3
Which party increased its seats in the election of 1925?
a. Conservatives
b. Liberals
c. Progressives
d. Unionists

Question 4
What was the gist of the Balfour Declaration?
a. It recognized Canada's right not to involve itself in Britain's foreign policy.
b. It prohibited the British Parliament from declaring any law passed by the Canadian Parliament unconstitutional, except for laws amending the BNA Act.
c. It recognized Britain's dominions as autonomous communities within the empire, all equal in status.
d. It recognized Canada's diplomatic independence in North America.

Question 5
During the era of transition in the early 1920,
a. Canadian banks and companies closed or restructured to avoid collapse.
b. TThe hydro-electric industry in Quebec was nationalized.
c. Paper mills in Canada made over 2,700 million tons of newsprint each day.
d. a) and b)

Question 6
Why did Canadian car manufacturers fail to keep up with their American counterparts?
a. Most Canadian companies were financially mismanaged.
b. American companies often included extra benefits, such as free fuel, free paint jobs, etc. with their cars.
c. Canadian companies did not patent their products or register their trademarks and hence could not fully cash in on their models.
d. American companies were automated and could make mass-produced, less expensive models.

Question 7
Why did some unions in the 1920s demand equal pay for women and men?
a. to put pressure on business (and hence indirectly on government) to make the progressive legislation existing in Saskatchewan, which guaranteed women equal pay, into a federal law
b. to gain more bargaining power, as more women supported the unions in such cases.
c. to combat discrimination against women
d. to make sure that employers would have no financial incentive to replace male employees with female employees

Question 8
Which of the following jobs was popular among the Iroquois during the 1920?
a. fishing
b. logging
c. high-steel rigging
d. trapping

Question 9
In most strikes across the country in the 1920s,
a. the employers had to make many concessions.
b. the strikes failed to improve wages or working conditions.
c. the employers cracked down on strikers severely and decreased their wages after the strike was over.
d. strikers were dismissed in large numbers.

Question 10
What did the Aird Commission recommend?
a. that the Canadian Film Centre be created to encourage and preserve Canadian filmmaking
b. that radio broadcasting become a public monopoly
c. that American magazines print split runs-one for the American market and another for the Canadian market, which would contain Canadian ads and extra Canadian content
d. that the NHL be created.

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