act that the 1928 supply of wheat was stillavailable in 1929. A good reason for the stock market crash in 1929 was that, the values of stocks of the New York Stock Exchange were grossly over-valued, but government and business appeared to ignore the signs. 2. Canadian revenues that came in from export sales were dependentlargely upon the United States who had the money for growth; thecommodities were grain, pulp and paper and metals. Then when the New Yorkcrashed on October 1929, stock prices fell dramatically. When the stockmarket crashed, the Canadian economy suffered after the United Statesinvoked high tariffs to shut out Canadian goods. In the Prairie provincesof Canada, in addition to economic depression was the effect of the nineyears of drought and crop failures. When the Great Depression plagued Canada, the country was not readyfor it; there are three main reasons why: 1) Seasonal unemployment was predictable since wages for seasonal labour were high enough. 2) Cyclical unemployment and recovery in the past always occurred eventually. Canada was a new world society, with a developing farm frontier. 3) There was a working class political pressure.3. Dependence on foreign trade of wheat contributed to Canada's main cause ofthe Great Depression. The Weather in the Prairies greatly contributed to the disastrouseffects which took place upon the Prairies during the 1930's. Crops whichwere green and healthy in June, had reduced to nothing in two to threeweeks. The cause of devastation to the crops was usually from dust storms.The drought created five to seven years of dried-out crops. A descriptionof the Prairie land was that: The Prairies were like a great rich land without rain. The heat everyday was too hot to adjust to during the day and too hot to sleep at night. It was like living a dry sauna. The wind was so hot and sucking that it sucked up the moisture. 4. In 1931, events which occurred were blizzards, dust storms consisting ofhot dry, wind and complete crop failure. In 1932 it was the year whengrasshoppers plagued the land. In 1933 the effects of drought andgrasshoppers were the main factors which contributed to the downfall of thePrairie provinces in the first few years of the Great Depression. In 1934,soil began to blow in mid June and destroy gardens and crops and cause thecancellations of many fairs in the villages across the southern plains. In1936, it was the coldest winter with blizzards contributing to chillingrecords and also events where people froze to death. During the summer of1936, it was the longest and hottest summer. Temperatures reached onehundred degrees Fahrenheit regularly and also caused a few deaths. Thedrought and high winds caused desert-like conditions to spread over thePrairies. "In May and June of 1937 the weather ended up being hotter,drier, windier and dirtier than the year before." 5. Impact of the dust storms reduced visibility to a few feet, lakes wentdry and farmers had to cut Russian Thistle to feed the starving cattlesince there were no crops. As situations got worse, some settlers started to leave the land. In1935 R.B. Bennett and his government introduced the Prairie FarmRehabilitation to help out people who were experiencing tremendous hardship. The social impact of the Great Depression on the Prairies hadpsychological implications. There was frustration for those who stayed andfor those who abandoned their farms. Since there was not enough money forgas, people used their horses to draw their cars and called them "BennettBuggies". Some people were going quite crazy and often did not really carewhat consequences they would have to face. A description of the state ofturmoil: Only those who lived through it could realize what it meant to travel for miles over a wasteland, with the dust and Russian thistle blowing across the fields and piling up on the fences; to see

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