Canadian History 1920s & 1930s

Started in Fort Riley, Kansas. In three waves, the Spanish flu spread quickly killing an estimated 50 million to 100 million people around the world. it seemed to target the young and healthy, being practically deadly to 20 to 35 years old

Who: many Aboriginal people created organizations to fight for their rights like Frederick Loft. The Government of Canada took part as well
What: Aboriginals found it hard to keep their culture and have rights as well; were asked to give up identities in order to get their rights and they were also sent to reserves
Where: this organization was formed in Canada
When: organization formed in 1919 by a WW1 Mohawk veteran and the group worked hard through the 20s & 30s

Who: they were a group of Canadian landscape painters that included :
Franklin Carmichael,
Lawren Harris,A.Y.
Jackson, Frank
Johnston,Arthur Lismer,
J. E. H. MacDonald,
&Frederick Varley
What: talented artists joined together & formed a group; they were inspired by the Canadian landscape and they painted many paintings of various Canadian landscapes like nature, rivers, lakes, open land, etc.
Where: Group of Seven formed in Canada and spent most of their time in northern Ontario

Is known in the Chinese Canadian Community as the Chinese Exclusion Act, which was passed by the Parliament of Canada. Immigration from most countries were controlled or restricted in some way, but only the Chinese were completely prohibited from immigrating. The Chinese immigration was already heavily controlled by the Chinese Immigration Act, which imposed a hefty head tax on all immigrants from China.

Who: Wilfred May was a famous Canadian flier; males in their teens and early 20s were in the air force
What: there were many successful missions performed like when they killed the Red Baron & the missions that the Black Flights flew; 40 % of the RCAF were Canadians Where: organization formed in Canada, but British people were in the group as well
When: on June 1917 the Black Flight shot 10 German planes down & on April. 21, 1918, Captain Roy Brown shot down the Red Baron

Where: Newfoundland
What: women were given the right to vote and hold provincial office

Joseph-Armand returns to Valcourt in 1926 to open his own garage. His father lends him money, and his family helps build the garage. He's only 19, but his remarkable ability to solve any mechanical problem, whether dealing with cars, bench saws, or agricultural pumps, earns him an outstanding reputation throughout the region. His success allows him to pay back his father's loan by 1929.

Who: Governor General and Prime Minister of Canada
What: the Governor General of Canada, refused a request by his prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, to dissolve parliament and call a general election.

What:during the beginning of the Great Depression, King made a speech about how social welfare was the responsibility of the provinces. Also declared that he would not give a "five-cent piece" to any province that did not have a Liberal government
Historical Significance: was one of the reasons why Liberals lost the elections and Conservatives too over.Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett replaced Mackenzie King.

Who: if a Liberal government wasn't present in a province, Mackenzie King stated that he wouldn't offer a "five-cent piece"; R.B. Bennett replaced Mackenzie King since Liberals lost the election What: affected the Liberal party negatively since they were voted out & the Conservatives came into power Where: the election took place in Canada
When: election happened on February 1930