List two causes of the great depression.
-over production
-heavy reliance on primary resources (not diversifying)
-buying on credit
-trade with the US (reliance)
-stock market crash
What was the major catalyst of this depression? Explain what happened.
-Stock Market crash, people panicked and were all trying to sell their stocks, bottom of the market fell out
What was the initial government response to the depression in Canada?
-initially nothing much - federal government said it was a provincial problem, eventually Bennet made work camps and tried to put some other things in place but really a little too late
What was the On to Ottawa trek?
-men from the work camps went on strike and took their complaints to Ottawa riding the rails there but were stopped in Regina
Why did the On to Ottawa trek happen?
-conditions in the work camps were terrible, pay was terrible, jobs were terrible, food was terrible
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