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Returning soldiers

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  • took months to get home - caused resentment and anger
  • many vets returned with physical and emotional issues - could not work had difficulties readjusting
  • felt left down by the government - disillusionment was common
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Economy

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Recession - the demand for food and material dropped; almost overnight - Canada economy slowed down, losing many jobs

  • returning vets could not find work
  • women pushed out of wartime jobs and women rights and freedom took a step backwards
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Spanish flu

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Hit the world towards the end of the war

  • up to 100 million people died world wide
  • almost as many Canadians died as had perished in the war
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Winnipeg general strike

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  • many vets returned home w/ Sense of power entitlement; wanted better wages and working conditions from their employers
  • upset by the amount of money some people (war profiters) had made selling war material to the government
  • vets began establishing labour unisons all over the country
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What happened when labour unions started forming

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  • wealthy Canadian got scared and feared communist regulation, like Russia, 1917 the red scare
  • Winnipeg over 35 000 people went on strike bringing halt to the city for almost two months
  • fearing the beginning of the revolution, government stepped in using soldiers, police and thugs to intimidate, beat, shoot and kill protesters, - BLOODY SATURDAY
  • strike was eventually crushed
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Economic boom

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  • by 1923 - 1924, the economic slump follow ww1 was over
  • began to enjoy economic boom
  • people moved to the city to work in factories or in service industries (industries like banking, retail, hospitality)
  • wages were rising, buying on credit was possible
  • workers had more money to spend on product
    • > all these development created confidence in economy than many people bought stocks
  • therefore stock market boomed
  • decade eventually called the roaring twenties had began