1929: william lyon mackenzie king is pm
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1929: William Lyon Mackenzie King is PM. Felt the crash was a __________part of the business cycle Believed the government should not ____________in the economy Calls an election in 1930. Leader of the Conservatives: R.B. Bennett. Campaigns across Canada promising to take action - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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1929: William Lyon Mackenzie King is PM
• Felt the crash was a __________part of the business cycle
• Believed the government should not ____________in the economy
• Calls an election in 1930
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Leader of the Conservatives: R.B. Bennett
• Campaigns across Canada promising to take action
• Bennett promises jobs for everyone willing to work, and high __________to protect Canadian industry
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"I propose that any government of which I am the head will at the first session of parliament initiate whatever __________is necessary to that end, or perish in the attempt."
– R.B. Bennett, June 9, 1930.
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The Five Cent Piece Speech
• King, in response to provincial governments’ requests for relief funding, said he would not give any Conservative provincial governments “a _______-cent piece”
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Bennett and the Conservatives win a majority in the 1930 election
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Bennett’s Policies
• Also reluctant to interfere with the economy, but does keep his promises
• Relief Acts set aside millions of dollars for emergency relief and, in 1932, create the __________ ________system
• Raises _____________on imported goods
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“Blasting” into World Markets
• Wanted the British Empire to adopt preferential tariffs– "I offer to the Mother Country and to all the other parts of
the Empire, a preference in the Canadian market in exchange for a like preference in theirs."
• But Britain was committed to ________trade
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But Bennett’s policies are not effective...
• Unemployment _________by 1933
• Bennett begins to gradually increase government ______________in the economy:
• 1934 – created ________of Canada to regulate monetary policy
• 1935 – established Canadian _________Board to regulate wheat prices
• 1935 – introduced ______________benefits
Legacy items as they are still with us today
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“Bennett Buggies”
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Bennett’s 1935 “New Deal”
– ______________his former policies– New _____________programs – unemployment
insurance, minimum ________, regulation of working conditions, health and ___________ insurance, ______age pension, agricultural support programs
– Goes against his former support of unregulated capitalism – critics said he was making a “deathbed conversion” to ______the election
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• Techniques to look for:– Captioning: a sentence or phrase that is the title for the cartoon.– Labelling: words in the drawing to identify people, ideas, or objects.– Relative size: figures are drawn much larger or smaller than others to
make a point or statement.– Shading (light and dark): use of white space and dark shading to create
an effect.– Composition: the arrangement or location of figures or objects in the
cartoon– Symbolism: a sign such as a facial expression, gesture, or body
position, and symbols, an object used to represent something else– Caricature: a distorted, oversimplified, or exaggerated stereotype used
to represent something else.
Political Cartoons, 1930-1935
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