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The Decade Of Satisfaction And Misery
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They mostly worked as secretaries,teachers,nurses,factory workers,sales clerk
getting payed half as much as men did
Discovered the parathyroid hormone which improved understanding of the calcium concentrations in the body
1924
His formula helped many people with diabetes
His first patient Leonard Thompson a 14 year had successful results
He tested it on dogs first
Testing on dogs was not a bad thing back then and people accepted it
Created the formula for insulin to control diabetes
A doctor from Toronto
more stores,houses,schools,hospitals were needed
Urbanization was rising noticebly in Toronto and Montreal
the process by which cities are formed
The grouo of seven
The group traveled to several places to get ideas for their paintings
Members:Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A.Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald and Frederick Varley.
Mostly inspired by European styles
Foster Hewitt a Canadian radio supporter who was notable for his in depth calls for "hockey night in Canada
Made more people watch the sports channel and got lots of people intrested
Lionel Conacher was an energetic competitor
Most sports played in the 20s were b-ball,hockey,baseball
Well known among the youngsters
Dances mostly danced to jazz music
3 Step Dance
Tango
Black Bottom
The Charleston
Movies with sound in them were called "talkies"
First talkie was made in 1927
Charlie Chaplin was a very popular star
$0.25 to see a movie at this time
The radio aired operas,music,sport broadcasts,drama comdey
Canadians listened to Jazz music
Canadians were influenced by Americas culture
It was like a television back in the time
Here is a chart showing how high economic growth was in the 20s
American companies invested in Canada more branches opened up in Canada meaning more money and economic growth
Mostly took place in Ontario,Quebec and the praires
Forestry,Mining,Wheat,Technological manufacturing
More agriculture
Used for communication more effectively
First developed by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876
Phone had 2 pieces
Was the most popular automobile at this time
Built by the ford motor company
More roads and infrastructure needed
spent $94,000,000
Henry Ford made an assembly line
1913
Prairies experienced the worst drought
soon resembling as a desert
Farms turned to dust and plants, tress died
Didn't rain for about a decade
People lost their homes,cars and even the clothes they had
Banks called back their loans too
Banks seized their property
US called back their loans and stopped trading with other countries
Many Branches closed
Affected Canada because Canada and America were big trading partners
On October 29,1929 New York stock exchanged caved in and stock prices became nothing
People basically lost everything
Billions of investments and dollars became worthless
Stock markets around the world followed this
"black tuesday"
With most people buying with borrowed money the stock market was headed in a bad place
Share prices dropped
Causing panic people tried to get rid of their shares as fast as they can
People started spending more money then they made
Loans became available during this time
Around the end of the 30s people had a hard time paying off the loans
People started buying unnecessary things and started playing around with the stock market
People took advantage of this
Standard of living decreases
Factories closing because there were no sales
People who had jobs had a decreases in their wages
In many Canadian cities lots of people did not have jobs (25%)
People protested to get their job back at places they used to work
Some people couldnt afford many things
Leaving people homeless,hungry
People are buying all the new consumer products that were becoming available
Companies were expanding rapidly
Companies started making more products then they could ever sell
Price drops and not much products were selling
Demand for products were not at the same pace as before
Companies opened new factories
Companies needed more people to work
