The Roaring 20's

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Inventions

Hair Dryers

Allowed people to dry their hair in a quick session

Shavers

Allowed mainly men to shave facial hair, without the use of blades

Recliner

Allows people to sit comfortably, but recline at the same time

Pop up toaster

Bread is inserted and pops out after a timer

Bandaids

Meant to stop cuts from infection and replacing the cotton swab and tape

Refrigerators

Meant to make food last longer and cool it

AirPlanes for Travel

Meant for people to travel to countries with sailing there

Insulin

Made for diabetic people, working to lower sugar levels in a type 1 diabetic person

Telephones

Allowed people to communicate from far away

Jukebox

Made to play music and provide entertainment

Traffic Lights

Made to stop traffic accidents and makes people go in turns

Cotton Swabs

Made to clean up cuts faster

Allowed pepple to travel with ease

Radio/Television

Provided entertainment to people

Economy

Automobile

The Automobile added more than $300 million to the Canadian economy in 1929

Cars made the economy boom, because their costs were in the 1000's and that made the manufacturers a lot of money

In 1920, 1 in every 20 Canadians owned a car

It enabled farmers to come to town and sell their goods

Going on trips (picnics, visiting relatives) was made much easier as you did not need to use horse carriages or walk there

The automobile had a revoltionary effect on society as it changed their lifestyles

Consumer Goods

Examples of large chainstores are Lob-laws, Dominion, and Woolworths, selling groceries, clothes, and phonographs

General Electric, Kodak, Hoover, and Westinghouse are examples of manufacturing companies

These new consumer goods made the Canadian economy boom, because people were excited for these inventions leading to a bunch of people purchasing them

There were new consumer goods to choose from such as electric stoves, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, cars, and radios

Pulp and Paper

Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia are the major producers of pulp and paper

Canada was the worlds largest newsprint supplier

Canada's second largest industry was supplying newsprint to the United States

Mining

Canada's mining industry created many economic opportunities for Canada

Sudbury produced 80% of the worlds nickel in 1929

The Canadian Shield deposited nickle, copper, gold sliver, lead and zinc in large quantities

Agriculture

Farmers invested in trucks, harvesters, and other machines that would ease their business

Agricultural prices climbed higher leading to farmers investing their profits in buying trucks

Praires enjoyed the wheat crops they got form 1925 to 1928

Foreign Investments

Canada became tied to the United States, as they both needed each other to survive

To avoid paying tariffs American companies open up their branches in Canada, reason being why most things in Canada were originally American

American Investors controlled 20% of mining, smelting, and petroleum resources

Bonds provide guaranteed interest payments

The first world war changed the investments of Canada

Companies raised money by offering bonds and shares

Immigration and Racism

Lifestyle and Fashion

Lifestyle

Women lifestyles drastically changed in the 1920's. They

Fashion

Women never left their homes without hats and the most common one they wore was the Cloche.

Women wore trousers, skirts, simple cotton dress, thick black cotton stockings, and low heel oxfords. Dresses were colorful plaids, checks, stripes, or solid colors with pretty embroidery and trim such as lace or rick rack. Housedresses often had white collars

Men never left their homes without their hats, and just like women wore them everywhere, although they took them off indoors. The Derby was the most popular hat of them all.

Men wore flappers, formal morning suits with cutaway coats, striped pants, cravat, and vests as well, almost on an everyday basis.

Growth of Canadian Independence

Statute of Westminster

It is a law that allwed the dominions of Britain to be unaffected by any laws that Britain makes

Its editied versions are now a domestic law in Canada and New Zealand

Its an act of the UK parliament

Balfour Report

This report was issued in 1926, and stated that Canada was an independent country

This report decleares Britain and it's Dominions were constitutionally equal to each other

King-Byng Crisis

First time the governor general refuses a P.M's request

When governor general of Canada, Lord Byng of Vimy denied a request by P.M. William Mackenzie

It was a Canadian constitutional crisis

Halibut Treaty

It was the first treaty made by Canada independently

It was meant as a mechanism for management of the Pacific Halibut

The treaty was established by the Internation Pacific Halibut Commission

It was a Canadian-American agreement of fishing rights in the pacific ocean.

Imperial Conference

Mackenzie King was determined to resist any British efforts to establish a foreign policy for all dominions of Britain

Imperial conferences were periodic gatherings of government leaders from self governing colonies

It was the 7th imperial conference bringing the P.M's of the Dominions of the British Empire

Chanak Crisis

Canada refused to send troops to amidst Britain without confirmation and approval from its parliament when showed its increased independence from Britain

Britain had troops protecting the strait linking to the Mediterranean to the Black Sea

In 1922 in Balkans, a place was called Chanak located in Turkey

This was a war scare

Treaty of Versailles

Once Canada signed, they received some land and money

Was one of the most important treaty, as it ended one of the largest wars in history.

It was a peace document that ended World War 1

League of Nations

For smaller countries this was a great oppertunity

Britain and France joined, but not for the treaty itself, for the publicity and support as countries

Created after World War 1 to provide a forum for resolving international problems