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Grade 10 Canadian History Exam Notes
Grade 10 Canadian History Exam Notes
Great Depression
-A long and severe recession in an economy or market.
Easy Credit: Many families lived above their means due to credit/financed
purchasing; when creditors demanded their money back many couldnt
afford to pay and lost what they
Had a Lack of Financial Regulation: People bought stocks on credit and
even banks invested in the stock market; once the market crashed banks
werent being paid their money and had
On-To-Ottawa Trek
On-To-Ottawa Trek R.B. Bennett put men in work camps, but these men
decided that the government wasnt listening to there complains so they
went on strike
Relief Camps
Relief camps were places usually located far away from cities; they offered
work on little pay, and poor living conditions. Stealing was a major problem
in the camps (regent park in current day time)
Bennett Buggy
-Horse drawn car
-Didnt use fuel (made it less expensive to operate than a car)
-Couldnt afford fuel during this time
The Social Credit Party
The Social Credit Party of Canada, colloquially known as the Socreds, was a
conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit
theories of monetary reform. It was the federal wing of the Canadian social
credit movement.
The Union Nationale
Objective to under consumption and could be fixed by social dividends,
elected premier of Alberta Union National Promised to defend French
language, religion, culture against English
The Coorperative Commonwealth Federation
(CCF) Cooperative Commonwealth Federation a socialist party that wanted
to reorganized the economy against capitalism in favour of an economy for
the benefit of all
-Calgary
-1932
-J.S Woodsworth
-Goals: Unemployment insurance, health insurance, universal pensions,
allowance for children, remove suffering, economic reform
Richard B. Bennett
-Caught the most blame for the effects of depression
-The Empire of Japan attacked Hong Kong illegally because they had not
declared war
-1975 Canadian troops were sent to defend the Crown Colony of Hong Kong
Propaganda
-Specific type of message presentation aimed at serving an agenda.
-Most common use of this term (historically) is in political contexts
-Hitler used this term during WW2
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
-August 1945: US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
-Japan surrenders one month later
-This was the first time the world had ever seen an atomic bomb
St. Louis Incident
-Many Jews tried to escape Europe
-In June 1939, almost 1000 refugees chartered the German ocean liner the
SS St. Louis and sailed across the Atlantic- The USA, Paraguay and Panama,
and Cuba refused their requests for a safe haven
-The SS St. Louis then headed north to Canada, but King refused to accept
refugees
-Forced to return to Europe where around half of passengers died in Nazi
concentration camps
Enemy Aliens
A well-known example of enemy aliens was the Japanese citizens residing in
the United States during World War II. President Roosevelt imprisoned many
of these Japanese and Japanese Americans in internment camps during
wartime, alongside many German- and Italian-Americans.
UNIT 4: POST-WAR PERIOD
United Nations
-he United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization to promote
international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of
Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World
War II in order to prevent another such conflict.
-The UN officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, after ratification
of the United Nations Charter by the five permanent members of the United
Nations Security Council (the Republic of China, France, the Soviet Union, the
United Kingdom, and the United States) and a majority of the other
signatories.
Cold War
1947-1991
-USSR and US engaged in the Cold War
- The Cold War was to dominate international affairs for decades and many
major crises occurred the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Hungary and the
Berlin Wall being just some. For many, the growth in weapons of mass
destruction was the most worrying issue
NATO
-North Atlantic Treaty Organization
-Signed by US, Canada, Britain, France, and eight other nation in 1949
-All members agreed to contribute military units to a new NATO defense
force, intended to discourage Soviet expansion into Western Europe
-Canada was a founding nation in NATO
Korean War
-1950s
-North Korea invades South Korea
-Ends in stalemate
-1953: Armistice signed; Korea remains divided
- 26,000 Canadians served in the Korean War,
- The newly-created United Nations supported South Korea and sent troops
from member nations
Baby Boom
- A temporary marked increase in the birth rate, especially the one following
World War II.
-Refers to the postWorld War II baby boom (19461964) when the number of
annual births exceeded 2 per 100 women (or approximately 1% of the total
population size). There are an estimated 78.3 million Americans who were
born during this period.
-9.6 Million Canadians were baby boomers
Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ)
-Created in 1963 with the goal of achieving independence for Quebec by any
means
-Achieving Quebec independence by resorting to terrorism, if necessary
PRIMARY SOURCE
In the study of history, a primary source is an artifact, a document, a
recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under
study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic.
Some primary sources may be judged more reliable than others, but
every source is biased in some way. As a result, historians
read sources skeptically and critically.
SECONDARY SOURCE