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Quebec's Padlock Law
This padlock law was an act to protect the province from communistic propaganda and ideals. This law empowered sheriffs to close down meeting places susspected of communist ideals, and communism was banned overall. This act became a rally point for civil libertarians and was one of the most represive laws in Canadian history. -
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The Cold War
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Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair
Igor Gouzenko was sen't over to Canada to work in the Soviet embassy. But when news was told that hea and his family were to be sent back to the U.S.S.R he didn't want to. As a present to the Canadian government to show he defected he presented 109 documents dipicting the spy networks of the Soviets in Canada. Later he was caught by the RMCP and forced to return the documents. -
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Berlin Blockade
Not liking the occupation of the Allies in Germany the Soviet Union blocked of the railroads and the canals leading into the parts of Berlin under Allies control. In turn blocking off all supply line from the British trying to make themselves independent. But the Allies replied with airlifting the supplies and in time becoming more efficent then before. The Soviets realized there embarassment and took down the baracades. -
International Alliances: NATO
Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, and the United Kingdom sighned the treaty for the alliance. NATO is a system of collective defence and atttack. -
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"The Forgotten War" The Korean War
This was a war between the Republic of Korea and the Democractic people's republic of Korea. This was said to be a result of the allies occupation of Korea. The north established a communist government and the south established a capital government. 27 July 1953, when the armistice agreement was signed. The agreement restored the border between the Koreas but minor conflicts still break out today. -
The Suez Crisis and Pearson wins nobel prize
The eygtian president blocked the flow of the canal that was vital for oil in Britian crippleing there economy. In response to this to gain favor with the great powers Isreal agreed to attack egypt. This was a great problem and the UN had to act. Foreighn minister Lester Pearson of Canada made the UN face the reality and make a peace keeping force.in October 1957, on the opening of Parliament, Lester Pearson receives news that he has won the Nobel Peace Prize. -
Continental Alliances: Norad and Dew
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a joint organization of Canada and the United States that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and defense for the two countries. The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It was set up t -
Sputnik and Canada's space program
Sputnik was the first satelite to be launched into space. It was launched by the russians and sparked the space race during the cold war. So many counrtys started spaced programs in response -
Avro Arrow and its cancellation
The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft, designed and built by Avro Aircraft Limited (Canada) in Malton, Ontario, as the culmination of a design study that began in 1953. It was a jet way ahead of its time and got cancelled in 1959 on the 20 of febuary. -
Diefenbaker bomarc missiles and nuclear warheads in Canada
The CIM-10 Bomarc was the only surface-to-air missile (SAM) ever deployed by the United States Air Force. All other U.S. land-based SAMs were and are under the control of the United States Army. it was decided that the missle carry nuclear warheads but alot of people didnt like it -
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Cuban Misslse Crisis
was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other.After provocative political moves and the failed US attempt to overthrow the Cuban regime (Bay of Pigs, Operation Mongoose), in May 1962 Nikita Khrushchev proposed the idea of placing Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba to deter any future invasion attempt. During a meeting between Khrushchev and Raúl Castro that July, a secret agreement was reached and construction of several missile sites e -
Canadian Soviet Hockey series
The Summit Series, or Super Series[1] (in Russian Суперсерия СССР — Канада), known at the time simply as the Canada–USSR Series, was an eight-game series of ice hockey between the Soviet Union and Canada, held in September 1972. It was the first competition between the Soviet national team and a Canadian team represented by professional players of the National Hockey LeagueThe series was played at the height of the Cold War, and intense feelings of nationalism were aroused in both Canada and the -
Vietnam war and draft dodgers
Canada did not fight in the Vietnam War it started on the 1 of November 1955.Estimates vary greatly as to how many Americans settled in Canada for the specific reason of dodging the draft or "evading conscription," as opposed to desertion, or other reasons. Canadian immigration statistics show that 20,000 to 30,000 draft-eligible American men came to Canada as immigrants during the Vietnam era. -
Fall of Soviet Union
On this date, Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, the minister of oil of Saudi Arabia, declared that the monarchy had decided to alter its oil policy radically. The Saudis stopped protecting oil prices, and Saudi Arabia quickly regained its share in the world market. During the next six months, oil production in Saudi Arabia increased fourfold, while oil prices collapsed by approximately the same amount in real terms. -
Fall of Berlin wall
The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches, "fakir beds" and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc claimed that the wall w