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R.B. Bennett
Governing Canada during the hardships of the Great Depression demands a leader who can inspire. R.B. Bennett, Canada's 11th prime minister, has that ability -- as well as the ability to alienate and enrage. In this 1934 recording, believed to be an address to the Canadian Manufacturers' Association. As Canada claws its way out of the grip of economic depression, Bennett draws inspiration from his young nation's other trials by fire, from the Last Spike to the First World War. -
The Red Scare
The first red scare was 1919-1921. A red scare is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism, used by anti-leftist proponents. The first red scare in the united states was about worker (social), revolution and political radicalism. -
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1929-1945
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The Dionne Quintuplets
The Dionne Quintuplets (born May 28th, 1934) are the first quintuplets to survive their infancy. The Dionne sisters were born just outside Callander, Ontario, Canada, near the village of Corbeil. -
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The Dionne Quintuplets were born two months premature. After four months with their family, they were made wards of the King for the next nine years under the Dionne Quintuplets' Guardianship Act, 1935. The government and everyone around them began to profit by making them a significant tourist attraction in Ontario, Canada. -
The Battle of Hong Kong
The battle of Hong Kong was from december 8-24, 1941. It was one of the first battles of the campaign of world war 2. On the same morning as the attack on the U.S navy base at pearl Harbor, forces of the empire attacked British Hong Kong. The attack was in violation of international laws as Japan had not declared war against the british empire.
