Canada: Story of Us - Boom and Bust | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 17 Public

Questions based on the episode - covers Winnipeg strike, oil boom, health care

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What invention created an increase in the need for oil? (hint, in 1911, there were 20,000 of them in Canada)

cars

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What did William Stewart Herron discover in the Foothills of Alberta?

crude oil

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What was the sign that Herron saw that hinted there was an oil reserve below ground?

small pool of clear liquid

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Calgary Petroleum Products Company was started based on oil found in what location in Alberta?

Turner Valley

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When WWI ended, Canada's economy was bust. What does this mean?

the economy is doing poorly, not many jobs available

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What is it called when workers walk off the job in order to protest poor conditions?

a strike

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What did unsafe working conditions lead to in Winnipeg in 1919?

workers walking off the job in a strike

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True or false: The North West Mounted Police were called in to end the strike in Winnipeg and things got violent.

True

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What type of drink was making people sick in Toronto in the early 1900s

unpasteurized milk

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How did Dr. Charles Hastings get the attention of the middle class in order to change slums in Toronto?

He used the power of the photo and held a photography exhibit to show the horrors of life in the slum

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What types of conditions made the slum in Toronto unsafe?

many people living in the same room (cramped living), water well near the latrines, poor ventilation, poor sanitation, no regulations

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Who was Helen Armstrong?

She led and organized women to strike in the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919.

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Tommy Douglas was elected the Premier of Saskatchewan. Was he considered a socialist or capitalist leader?

socialist

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Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan, brought what program for the first time on the continent?

Universal health care

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Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan, brought what program for the first time on the continent?

Universal health care

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How can you connect what was happening in Canada in the early 1900s to events going on in the news today?

open ended strikes related to current protests health care and COVID (access to health care) Economic bust - current economic downturn oil

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