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Question 1 - 10
Name given to the sharp increase in birth rates between 1945 and 1961
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The Baby Boom
Question 1 - 20
What new technology in Canadian homes led to a sudden rise in commercial advertising in the early 1950s?
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Television
Question 1 - 30
What musical genre largely defined 1950s teenage culture?
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Rock n’ Roll
Question 1 - 40
Name of the government commission that warned the federal government in the 1950s to begin protecting Canadian culture from excessive U.S. influence
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The Massey Commission
Question 1 - 50
The saying “keeping up with the Joneses” refers to what kind of consumption? Hint: buying things to be noticed
Answer 1 – 50
Conspicuous Consumption
Question 2 - 10
Name of the government act created by PM St. Laurent that allows parliament to change the constitution without Britain’s consent
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The BNA Act (2)
Question 2 - 20
Louis St. Laurent made this court the highest court in Canada by getting rid of the appeals court in Britain
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Supreme Court of Canada
Question 2 - 30
Which province joined Canada in 1949, with only 52% of voters choosing confederation?
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Newfoundland
Question 2 - 40
Who was “Uncle Louis?”
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Louis St. Laurent
Question 2 - 50
Strongly nationalist Quebec premier who argued that Quebec was a separate nation and not just another Canadian province
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Maurice Duplessis
Question 3 - 10
Name of the Alberta town in which oil was first discovered in 1947
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Leduc, Alberta
Question 3 - 20
Name 2 of the 4 megaprojects funded by the federal government in the 1950s
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• Trans-Canada Pipeline
• Trans-Canada Highway
• Kemano Project
• St. Lawrence Seaway
Question 3 - 30
What was the negative hidden cost of the economic boom of the 1950s. It was not fully discovered until decades later
Answer 3 – 30
Pollution
Question 3 - 40
Name one benefit to the Canadian economy of closer economic ties with the United States
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Question 3 - 50
Name one drawback to the Canadian economy of closer economic ties with the United States
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Question 4 - 10
Define the term “Cold War.”
Which two superpowers fought the Cold War?
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Definition: Intense economic, political, military, and ideological rivalry between nations, short of military conflict
The United States vs. the Soviet Union
Question 4 - 20
What was the first “hot war” of the Cold War in which Canadian troops fought?
Answer 4 – 20
The Korean War
Question 4 - 30
The main objective of the Soviet Union after the Second World War was what?
Answer 4 – 30
Protection!
Question 4 - 40
Name one of the two events of 1949 that drastically altered the face of the Cold War
Answer 4 – 40
• Communist Revolution in China
• First Soviet detonation of a nuclear bomb
Question 4 - 50
Whose death did Johnny Cash first report to U.S. officials in 1953?
Answer 4 – 50
Joseph Stalin
Question 5 - 10
Percentage of Canadian content legally required by the CRTC to be played by commercial radio stations
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35%
Question 5 - 20
A recent horrific typhoon has displaced 4 million people in what Asian country?
Answer 5 – 20
The Phillipines
Question 5 - 30
In 1945, Igor Gouzenko revealed the presence of what in Canada?
Answer 5 – 30
A Soviet spy ring
Question 5 - 40
According to Bert the Turtle, what should you do in the event of a nuclear attack on PGSS?
Answer 5 – 40
Question 5 - 50
Name of the Toronto mayor who has been in the news a lot lately
Answer 5 – 50
Rob Ford