A)     The start of Catholic unions
          Rural electrification

B)     Women obtaining wages equal to those of men
         The clergy encouraging women to enter the labour force

C)     More women than men entering university
         The setting up of hospital insurance

D)     The deterioration of working conditions
         A large increase in unemployment
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

2. WHICH TWO OF THE FOLLOWING WERE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DEPRESSION ?

     1. A decline in international trade
     2. An increase in prices and wages
     3. An increase in industrial production
     4. An increase in the unemployment rate
     5. An increase in the number of women in the work force

3. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TEXTS DESCRIBES A CONSEQUENCE OF THE
    ECONOMIC CRISIS OF 1929 ?

A)    As industries were established in cities and surrounding areas, they attracted thousands of people
        from the farming regions.

B)    The Quebec government expanded its role in the economy. Having created the Société générale
        de financement (S.G.F.), it then set up the Sidérurgie d'État du Québec (SIDBEC).

C)    The Canadian politicial scene was enriched by the appearance of new parties. In the West,
        there emerged the Social Credit Party and the Cooperative Commonwealth
        Federation (C.C.F.), and in Quebec, the Action liberale nationale and the Union nationale.

D)    The automobile, the airplane and the radio made their appearance. At first they were the toys
        of the rich, but their mass production soon made them accessible to the population at large.
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

4. In the 1930s, three new political parties are created in Canada. The Social Credit and
    the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in Western Canada and the Union Nationale in Quebec.

WHAT CAUSED THE EMERGENCE OF THESE NEW POLITICAL PARTIES ?

A)    Conscription                                                        C)    The Great Depression
B)    The National Policy                                             D)     World War 1
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

5. WHICH OF THE TEXTS BELOW DESCRIBES AN EFFECT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 1930s?

A)   Pressured by difficult working conditions, the workers united. They formed associations whose
       main goal was to obtain decent working conditions.
B)   Export sales to the United States of newsprint, asbestos, aluminum and wheat jumped.
C)   Thousands of workers lost their jobs when companies shut down. Many waited months,
        even years, before finding other steady work. The jobless wandered the streets in despair.
D)   The real crash of the New York Stock Exchange occurred on October 24, "Black Thursday."
 
 

ANSWER:

A

B

C

D

RETURN TO MODULE 6 UNIT 3 AND DO TOPIC 4 (GOVERNMENT REACTIONS TO THE DEPRESSION)