USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1931, Bennett’s government increased tariffs and passed the Unemployment and Farm Relief Act to invest in further public works and direct relief; similar acts would be passed each year until he left office in 1935.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the time of his national tour one estimate found over “70, 000 mostly single, young, unemployed, homeless men in Canada.” McNaughton proposed the idea of relief camps to provide men with work to fill their days, food, clothing, medical attention, and some compensation to ease tensions.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Bennett buggy was a term used in Canada during the Great Depression to describe a car which had its engine, windows and sometimes frame work taken out and was pulled by a horse. In the United States, such vehicles were known as Hoover carts or Hoover wagons, named after then-President Herbert Hoover.

Detailed explanation-4: -Relief schemes provided assistance on the basis of need rather than labor force status, so that the short-term unemployed, and unemployed dependents rarely received relief, while many of the poor who were not in the labor force were on relief.