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1. With the end of World War I, an influx of pilots into the workforce opened up Manitoba's northern regions for exploration and development. Mining became a booming industry. In 1928, the Canadian Pacific Railroad was extended to this town on the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border, known for its gold, copper and zinc mines.
2. After having experienced a few years of poor crops and poor prices on the world market, the latter half of the 1920's saw bumper crop after bumper crop. The problem was that the entire world wheat market was also booming. It came to the point that wheat couldn't be sold. On October 24, 1929, many speculators were wiped out at the Winnipeg Grain Exchange as prices fell out of the bottom. What is that day remembered as?
3. The 1920's had already seen a disturbing trend for Manitoba. After the General Strike of 1919, Winnipeg was not a happy place to be, and the population of the city (and the province) began to fall. The added difficulty of the Depression did nothing to help matters. Between 1931 and 1937, approximately how many people did Manitoba lose?
4. On the prairies, the drought lasted many years. Which of the following was not a factor that kept farmers in perpetual debt, hoping for a non-drought year that never seemed to come?
5. With the world preparing for war at the end of the 1930's, Manitoba took on a crucial role in the training of Allied pilots. They had a safe location (thousands of miles away from the conflict) and they built many airstrips all over the province. Approximately how many pilots were trained in Manitoba?
6. Christmas of 1941 was a dark time for Winnipegers in World War II. When the Japanese took Hong Kong, they captured or killed nearly every member of two Canadian Battalions. One of the battalions was a unit from Winnipeg. What were they called?
7. During World War II, this man was highly decorated after many acts of bravery. From Winnipeg, this great-great-grandson of the Ojibway Chief Peguis, is the most-decorated Aboriginal person in Canadian History.
8. In 1947, a disaster occurred in Manitoba that resulted in the deaths of 35 people. What kind of disaster was it?
9. This event is one that has occurred periodically over the years, causing much damage in the process. The second largest one in the 20th Century happened in 1950. What is it?
10. There were three Premiers in Manitoba between the years 1925 and 1950. Which one of these was not one of them?
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