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Quebec's Padlock Law
Quebec's Padlock Law
-Quebec government introduces an act to protect the province against Communist Propaganda which was called the Padlock Law
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Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair
Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair-A Russian cipher clerk named Igor Gouzenko, provided Canada with documents proving that there was a Soviet spy ring in Canada. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade
-Soviet Union attempted to force allies to give up their established rights to occupt the Western part of Berlin.
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International Alliances: NATO
The creation of NATO
-Several nations formed NATO: Defence pact to protect members against soviet agression
-Both sides began to collect Nuclear weapons in fear of the Soviet-NATO attacks -
The Korean War
The Korean War
The Korean War (The Forgotten War)
-There was conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces which caused a war in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953
-At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into North Korean and South Korean zones of occupation. -
UN Peacekeeping: The Suez Crisis and Pearson wins Nobel Prize
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6IhBO2PFJ8
-Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser gained control of the Suez Canal, which was run by the French and British.
-The Soviet Union, threatened to shower the west with nuclear weapons if the British and French didn't withdraw.
-Pearson proposed a solution to the United Nations which called for the British and French to withdraw but would allow for a UN force to remain in the area
-Pearson won a nobel prize for his efforts and was seen as a hero -
Sputnik and Canada's space program
The launch of the Sputnik
-In the year of 1957, the Soviets launched the first human made object to orbit the world.
-This sparked a 'space race' between the Soviets and the United States.
-The launch of the Sputnik motivated the United States to work harder to discover information about our world. -
The Avro Arrow and its Cancellation
The Avro Arrow
-The Avro Arrow was a techinically advanced fighter jet developed by A.V Roe of Canada, and was designed to carry air-to-air-nuclear-tipped missiles to destroy Soviet bomb attacks over the North.
-The costs to make the fighter jet skyrocketed and the cancellation of the Avro Arrow was put to a vote
-The Avro Arrow was put to an end following the vote, leaving 14,000 Canadians jobless. -
Continental Alliances: NORAD and DEW
DEW and NORAD
-Canada and USA created this in agreement to help defend each other in the air (NORAD)
-The distant early warning can pick up approaching enemy aircraft and missiles 4800 km away. (DEW) -
Difenbaker, Bomarc missiles and nuclear warheads in Canada
-Difenbaker, the current Prime Minister of Canada, ordered ready-made American Bomarc missiles for Canadian defense
-The Canadian govenment could not bring itself to accept nuclear warheads as the bamarcs, making warheads forbidden in Canada -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
-The Soviets began developing the Sputnik, an earth orbiting satelite.
-The Americans then developed KBMS
-The soviets retaliated by developing long ranged missiles that could hit any city in North America.
-Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union at the time, then proposed the idea of placing the missiles in Cuba.
-The United States decided to create a blockade surrounding the country of Cuba to protect North America.
-Eventually the Soviets withdrew their missiles from Cuba -
Vietnam War and Draft Dodgers in Canada
Draft Dodgers
-When the War in Vietnam began, the United States began conscripting men for war.
-Some men in the country did not agree with the war going on in Vietnam, and did not want to participate in the fighting going on in Vietnam.
-These men became Draft Dodgers, and would travel to Canada to avoid going to war. -
Canadian-Soviet Hockey Series
Canadian-Soviet Summit Series
-Soviet teams had totally dominated international hockey for the previous 10 years, but this was the first time they played the best Canadian professionals.
-In the year of 1972 a series between the top Russian hockey team, and the top Canadian hockey team began
-In the final game Paul Henderson scored the winning goal, leaving Canada winning the series -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
-As the Cold War began to end, Germans were free to cross the boarder of West Berlin and East Berlin
-People began to take down the wall with hammers and picks to knock away large chunks of the wall. -
The Fall of The Soviet Union
The Fall of the Soviet Union
-The Soviet Union became 15 seperate countries, ending the Cold War, America's main enemy
-The leader of the Soviet Union was kidnapped and became very ill, thus resulting in him being no longer able to govern the country.
-After a couple of months the Soviet Union had collapsed and became 15 seperate countries which was now named the Commonwealth of Independent Republics.
