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Canada 1919-1939. Canada between the Wars 1919-1939 I. The British Commonwealth
of Nations- The period between the wars brought: Culmination ...
... 1949-50, for the 11 years beginning 1939-40, was ... an independent country, only shakily
established in 1919, was beyond ... Canada was a power in her own right, if a ...
... Laurier died in February 1919, and the party met in ... However, through most of the
1930s, Canada remained in the ... improved somewhat in 1937 and 1939, the Liberal ...
... organization failed miserably when in 1939 Germany invaded ... at the Versailles peace
conference in 1919 and later ... Canada was beginning to prove itself capable of ...
... followed quickly by France, South Africa, Canada and Nepal. ... as a result of the Paris
Peace Conference, 1919. ... After “resting” for the rest of 1939 and the ...
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Canada between the Wars 1919-1939
I. The British Commonwealth of Nations-
The period between the wars brought: Culmination of Canada's growth to independent nationhood within the British Commonwealth. Prime Minister Borden - Included in the Imperial War Cabinet in London. He piloted- the dominions "should be recognized as autonomous nations of an imperial commonwealth." At the end of 1919 the Canadian government acquired
A. Decades of discord
Issues:
Social labor history, national politics and relations in the empire.
Young people in this era grew up w/out stability (harsh war, unstable economy, and great depression)
1. Post War Recession
1919 Winnipeg General Strike was Canada's most influential labour action. After World War I many Canadian soldiers returned home to find few opportunities, all while companies had enjoyed enormous profits on war contracts. Wages and working conditions were dismal and labour regulations were mostly non-existent.
J. S. Woodsworth of Winnipeg, who had organized their political movement after the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. Meighen had played a key role in violently suppressing the strikers and this earned him the animosity of organized labour.
Intention of overthrowing Canadian capitalism through a series of crippling general strikes.
Attempted to unionize -workers from both industries went on strike to gain union recognition.
The strike was generally non-violent. The majority of the strikers were reformist, ("revolutionary socialism", which believes that there must be a revolution to fundamentally change a society.) not radical. They wanted to amend the system, not destroy it and build a new one.
1920s - Spiraling expansion of business.
Technical and industrial advances paced the rising standard of living.
II. National Politics
A. Government
Since the 1911 election, the country...
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