WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bennett. Many people held him responsible for their economic plight. E. Bonas of Herbert, SK made this wagon in 1931.

Detailed explanation-3: -Named for Prime Minister R.B. Bennett, a Bennett Buggy was a popular mode of Transportation for impoverished prairie farmers. Unable to afford gasoline, farmers removed the extraneous engine from an automobile chassis and used horses to pull it.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Hoover Cart was driven by North Carolina farmers as a form of transportation during the Depression and was built by taking the rear wheels off of a car and attaching them to a cart. The cart was then pulled by either mule or horse.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bennett blanket = a newspaper. Bennett buggy = an engineless automobile drawn by a horse.

Detailed explanation-6: -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.