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The Roaring 20’s
The Spirit of the 1920’s
- Economy booming- America and other
countries partied- Organized crime- Prohibition Act- Decline of moral standards
THE SOLDIERS WAIT TO COME HOME- Once the war ended in 1918,
thousands of Canadian soldiers were stuck in Europe waiting to be shipped home.
- Many rioted out of sheer boredom at the months of waiting. The leaders of the riots were arrested and shot. Eventually, enough transports were found to send these soldiers home to a heroes welcome.
THE SOLDIERS WAIT TO COME HOME- The conditions that these soldiers
endured helped to spread the worldwide outbreak of Spanish ‘flu to Canada; 20 million were killed worldwide, 50,000 Canadians died.
TROUBLE AT HOME: THE WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE 1919
- Many returning soldiers found they had no jobs; the many munitions factories that had been built during were no longer needed to produce weapons for the war.
- Many Canadians were impressed by the Red Revolution, which seemed to give power to the ordinary worker. One of the centres of worker frustration was the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba in the summer of 1919.
TROUBLE AT HOME: THE WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE 1919- When the metal workers of Winnipeg went on
strike for higher pay, they called on their fellow unionized workers to join them. Soon, 35,000 workers were on strike, with their leaders openly supporting the Communist government in Russia.
- The Mayor of Winnipeg called on the Canadian Army and the RCMP for support. Together, they dispersed the rioters, whose leaders were arrested. Those born outside of Canada were deported to their country of birth.
TROUBLE AT HOME: THE WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE 1919- On 17 June the government arrested 10
leaders of the Central Strike Committee and two propagandists from the newly formed One Big Union. Four days later, a charge by Royal North-West Mounted Police into a crowd of strikers resulted in 30 casualties, including one death.
- Known as “Bloody Saturday", it ended with federal troops occupying the city's streets.
TROUBLE AT HOME: THE WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE 1919- The strikers decided to return to work on 25 June
- Legacy: It would take another three decades before Canadian workers secured union recognition and collective bargaining rights.
Good news??Canada’s economy was thriving due to the war industry that was built up, which was
redirected into inventions.
New Technology- By 1920, 1 in 4 families had a telephone; by
1929 this had risen to 3 in 4.
- With the advent of cheaper cars due to production line technology at the Ford plant in Windsor, Ontario, many Canadians bought cars. Highways, paved roads, gas stations, parking lots and motels were the result of the widespread use of the car
New Technology- Henry Ford’s plants revolutionize the industry
with assembly lines
- With the advances in airplane technology in World War One, bush pilots were able to fly great distances into the northern territories and ‘air mail’ became popular.
New Technology- In 1924, a Canadian engineer named Ted Rogers
invented a radio that plugged into an electrical current. By the end of the 1920s, millions of Canadians were listening to Hockey Night in Canada.
- In 1922, two Canadian doctors Frederick Banting and Charles Best injected a 14-year-old diabetic with Insulin to control his blood sugar. Although not a cure, it has kept millions of diabetics around the world alive ever since.
