Transcript Unit II: The Interwar Years

Unit II: The Interwar Years
II. Canada in the Interwar Years
Text pp. 71-76
3) The Growth of Independence [text pp. 71-72]
a)
Paris
Peace
Conferences & Treaty of
Versailles
• Canada got its own
seat and independently
signed the treaty.
Canada
b) The Chanak Crisis, 1922
• It was a port in Turkey
controlled by Britain that
gave it access from the
Black
Sea
to
the
Mediterranean Sea.
• The British sent troops there because they were
afraid that Turkey would take it back.
• Canada refused to automatically send the CEF to
help; it was the first time it did so.
c) The Halibut Treaty 1923
• Canada and the U.S. negotiated a
treaty to protect halibut stocks in B.C.
and Alaska.
• Canada negotiated without a British official
involved, even though the British protested this.
d) The Imperial Conference of 1926
• Here, Britain formally declares in
the Balfour Report that Canada is
not a subordinate.
e) The Statute of Westminster, 1931
• This recognized the Balfour
Report formally in British Law.
• Canada is now autonomous
in the British Commonwealth
of Nations.
4) Birth of Trade Unions [text pp.72-74]
a) Bolsheviks helped overthrow the Tsar and
start a Communist government.
• The Canadian government feared this and
didn’t want the communists to do the same
in Canada.
• Meanwhile,
the
Bolsheviks
believed that everyone should
control the means of production, not
just factory owners
• Some liked that idea.
b) Canadian Workers
• They had no insurance, pension, or
compensation for injuries on the job in
1919.
• They wanted to form trade unions to get these along
with better pay and improved housing.
• Unions could negotiate with owners by collective
bargaining.
c) Winnipeg General Strike 1919
i) Employers did not want to
bargain with unions, so they
decided to go on strike.
ii) It started in Winnipeg; the unions there wanted
$0.85/hour, an 8 hour day, and the right of collective
bargaining.
iii) There were sympathy strikes in Toronto, Montreal,
and Vancouver.
iv) Winnipeg officials then ban
demonstrations.
v) June 21, 1919: riots started
when strike leaders were
arrested—1 dead and 30 hurt.
vi) Effects:
• many lost their jobs
• Economic problems recognized
• Union leaders join politics: CCF
(later the NDP)
5) King-Byng Crisis of 1926
• A governor general refuses to a Prime Minister’s
request to dissolve Parliament…bah, you read it; it’s
on p. 74.
6. Role of Women
a) Social Role: women had more
control over their lives
b) Involvement in the Women’s
Christian Temperance Union
 Women were politically active in
getting Prohibition passed into law.
c) Agnes Macphail:
the first woman to
become a Member or
Parliament
d) The Famous Five: Emily
Murphy, Irene Parlby, Louise
McKinney, Henrietta Muir
Edwards, and Nellie McClung
• Women had the federal
vote by 1918, but they didn’t
have the provincial vote.
• Women
weren’t
even
considered “persons” under
the law.
• By 1929, the Famous Five succeeded in changing that.
Assignment
Finish your notations up to p. 85.
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