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Quebec's Padlock Law
-The Padlock law was an act to protect the province from communistic propaganda.
-The law prohibited the right of freedom of speech to individuals.
-The act also denied anyone to propagate communism or bolshevism aswell as publish or print papers or documents.
-The federal government could have used its powers of disallowance and reservation to stop the Padlock Law. -
Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair
Gouzenko Affair testimony finally released-Gouzenko was assigned to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa in 1943.
-He offered the Canadian Government secret documents exposing information on the Soviet Spies.
-He and his family were about to be sent back to Russia.
-Canadian officials got involved and he was given protection.
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Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift-In 1948 the Soviet Union Broke an agreement with its former allies.
-They attempted to force the allies to give up their established rights to occupy the western part of the former German capital of Berlin.
-They attempted to physically block all supply lines to West Berlin.
-the blockade failed because the allies organized an aircraft to provide the food and its supplies to Berlin residents that needed it. -
International Alliances: NATO
Nato Declassified
-Nato helped defend and protect members against further soviet aggression.
-The founding members of NATO include Belgium, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxemberg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States.(Democratic)
-Others have joined since 1949.
-The Warsaw pact include Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany.(Communist)
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The Korean War
The Korean War
-Communist North Korea, supported by communist China, decided to attack south Korea.
-The United States supports south Korea.
-Canada ranked third in total aid to south Korea (1953).
Over 1000 Canadians were wounded, and 406 were killed.
(1955) Canadians were asked to stay in Korea until (1955) to help maintain the uneasy truce. -
UN Peacekeeping: The suez Crisis and Pearson wins Nobel Prize
Suez Crisis-Middle East had been a threat to world peace for many yeas.
-United Nations recognized the new state of Israel
-Before the land was lost and destroyed by the Arabs, the Jewish people immigrated to this region in large numbers.
-Lester Pearson Canada's secretary state for external affairs found a solution.
-The solution was to have an immediate end to all shooting and creation of a specific UN peacekeeping force to monitor the withdrawal of invading forces and to patrol the border areas. -
Vietnam War & Draft Dodgers in Canada
Draft Dodgers-Draft Dodgers are American soldiers who practice draft evasions which means to try and escape the vietnam war conscription.
-Draft Dodgers is what they are reffered to and were popular during the war in vietnam in 1956.
-In the Vietnam war the men with the draft card would have to stay and fight in the military and burning your draft card was illegal.
-Some Americans would desert their land and come to settle in Canada. -
Continental Alliances: NORAD and DEW line
NORAD-With the development of the long-range missiles capable of delivering a nuclear bomb 16000km, it was clear that North America needed a better system of defense against attack from enemy missiles.
-Norad stands for North American Aerospace Defense (in colorado)
-Canada let the US to build several installations in the Northwest Territories to create the Distant Early Warning system or also known as the (DEW).
The DEW line can pick up enemy missiles and aircraft from 4800km away. -
Sputnik and Canada's space program
Sputnik launched by the Soviets-In 1957 the Soviets launched the first Sputnik satillite.
-Sputnik was in orbit around earth and could also be used to deliver a nuclear warhead to any spot in Noth America.
-The US responded by building long-range missiles known as intercontinental ballistic missiles.
-The soviets reacted by also making long-range missiles.
-Sputnik was the first satillite launched. -
Avro Arrow and its Cancellation
Avro Arrow First Flight-The Avro Arrow was a technically advanced fighter jet.
-Built by Canadians
-Intended to be used in the Royal Cnadaian Airforce
-First flight March 25 1958
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Diefenbaker, Bomarc missiles and nuclear warheads in Canada
The Bomarc Missile-In 1956 Diefenbaker was elected for the party leadership.
-Had to decide weather to keep accept the Bomarc missiles from the us.
-The decision led to his governments downfall.
-The bomarc missile was a supersonic interceptor for Cold War air defence of North America.
-The missile was the first long range missile.
-The onboard radar was used to guide itself to the target.
-At the target the missile detonated a nuclear warhead on it.
-Deployed in Canada and the US. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis-The Cuban Missile Crisis is also referred to as when the Cold War came close to turning into a nuclear conflict.
-The soviets constructed a missile site on cuba, and missiles could be accurately launched to hit any major city in North America.
-So the US president forced a naval blockade around the island to stop Soviet ships from delivering missiles.
-In the en the soviet ships turned back before reaching the blockade and the threat of war. -
Canada-Soviet Hockey Series
Paul Henderson Win-In 1972 a series was organized between the two teams Russia and Canada
-The Russians had equalled thier performance with a series split of three wins for each team.
-Canada in the final game played in Moscow, Paul Henderson scored a goal in the last five minutes and broke a tied game and gave Canada The series. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall-East Germany's hard-line communist leadeership was forced from power in October 1989 during the democratization that went through eastern Europe.
-On November 9 east German government opened the country's borders with West Germany including Berlin.
-The openings were made in the Berlin Wall through which East Germans could travel freely through to the west.
-The wall then ceased to function as a political barrier between East and West Germany. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union Collapse-On December 26 1991 the USSR flag was lowered for the last time and replaced with the Russian tricolor
-The dissolution of the state also marked an end to the cold war
-The break up of the Soviet Union transformed the entire world political situation, and military alliances all over the globe.
-The cause was from an uproar of different controversy, and then the Soviet Union collapsed
