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Quebec-Padlock Law
Quebec enforced the padlock law. This act was made to protect the province against communist propaganda. -
Gouzenko Affair-Spies in Canada
Gouzenko was a Russian spy who was positionned in Canada to recieve as much information as he could. In the end, Gouzenko ended up spilling the Russian secrets to Canada. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to block allied access to Berlin. The Allies flew in all supplies needed by plane and dropped them in with parachutes -
NATO
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO was established to keep peace between Countries -
"The Forgotten War"
North Korea and South Korea dispute -
NORAD and DEW line
NORAD was an aerospace defense program in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
DEW(Distant Early Warning) line was a system of radar stations in the Arctic. -
UN Peace Keeping
UN Peace Keepng helps support Countries make the change from conflict to peace -
Sputnik
The Sputnik was Russia's unmanned satellite that scared other countries, because they were worried that it was spying on them. They were also worried about if Russia had the power to launch a satellite into space, then they could do the same with missiles. -
Avro Arrow
Avrow Arrow was a canadian Supersonic Jet, that was the greatest thing, almost finalized, when Russia launced the sputnik. Diefenbaker didn't want to spend all the money and be embarassed when it turns out not to be the best, so he cancelled the Avro Arrow, and had all of its prototypes and plans destroyed so that it could never be built again. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Closest the world came to nuclear war, because of Cuba. -
Bomarc missiles and Warheads in Canada
Canada bought Bomarc missiles from the americans, and were suposed to arm these missiles with nuclear weapons, but Canada did not accept thenuclear weapons and this resultedin poorAmerican-Canadian relations. -
Draft Dodgers
Canada helped enforce Paris peace records, didn't enter war -
The fall of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union dispersed into 15 different countries -
Canada-Soviet Hockey Series
Called the Summit Series- A series of hockey games between Canada and USSR
