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Quebec Padlock Law
-March 24, 1937
-Union Nationale government of Maurice Duplessis prevented the dissemination of communist propaganda -
Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair
Igor Gouzenko Testimony-Gouzenko wad born in 1919
-was assigned to the Soviet Union Embassy in Ottawa in 1943
-Soviet Union opperated many spy opperations in Canada
-Gouzenko found out he was planned to be sent back to Russia, so he offered the Canadian government secret Soviet spy documents to insure he could continue living in Canada
-18 out of 39 spy's were convicted as a result -
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Blockade-Soviet Union boke agreement with its former allies in attempt to force the allies to surrender their rights to the west side of former Germany
-Soviet Union tried to block physical access to Berlin but Allies organized airlift to transport supplies to Berlin
Brought tension between Soviet Union and former Allies -
UN Peace Keeping part 1
-New state of Isreal bringing tension with the Arabs
-Arabs attack Isreal -Isreal wins
-Truce arranged by Isreal and Arabs and managed by the UN
-Bigger countries had intrest in Isreals land
-Egyptians decide to take the Canal over control connecting the Red Sea and Meditranian
-Britian France and Isreal fought Isreal to regain control of Canal
-Soviet Union threatened to defend Egypt
-Pearson found solution by stopping all shooting and inforcing a UN Peacekeeping forceto monitor the borders -
UN Peacekeeping part 2
-Pearson won Nobel Prize for his solution -
NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization -Democratic coutries formed to protect National security -Protect members from Soviet aggression and to defend eachother -Soviet Union scared by NATO created Warsaw Pact made
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The Korean War
Summary of the Korean War-1950-53
-North Korea supported by China (both Communist)attacked South Korea
-U.S supported South Korea
-Americans called UN members to support South Korea but only 16 aided
-Canada aided 3rd most, 25000 saw action 406 died
-UN ensured South Koreas Independance
Canada asked to stay afterwards to help maintain peace -
Sputnik
Launch of the Sutnik-Soviet Union launched first Sputnik satellite
-It could be used to launch missile anywhere in North America easily
-In fear of the Soviet Union, America replaced long ranged bombers with long ranged missile (aka ICBM's)
-Soviet Union did the same thing -
NORAD and DEW
-North American Air Defence signed in 1958
-Canada and America agreed to defend eachother
-America built several defence installations in the North West Territories to creat the Distant Early Warning system (DEW line)
-High power radar pick up aircraft and missiles -
Diefenbaker, Bomarc Missiles and Nuclear Warheads in Canada
-PC government of Diefenbaker deployed 56 American Bomarc missiles in Ontario and Quebec
-Canadian public not made aware brought tension
-1960 Diefenbaker baned nuclear weapons in Canada
-1963 Pearsons Liberal government came to power accepting nuclear weapons -
Avro Arrow
First Flight for the Avro Arrow-Technically advanced fighter jet
-canadian built
-Diefenbaker'g government cancled opperation because of not nuclear warhead policy
-cost 14000 canadians their jobs -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis-American spy planes spotted Soviet missiles on Cuba
-U.S president Kennedy put a blockade around the islandstopping delivery of any missiles
-Soviet ships turned back before reaching the blockade and the Cuban Missile Crisis was over -
Vietnam War
-Canada didn't get involved in the war
-American draft dogers sought out to Canada for refuge to aviod American conscription to Vietnam
-May 22, 1969 Canada announced that immigration officials cannot ask about military status -
Canada- Soviet Hockey Series
Canada and Soviet Hockey Series-Hockey series created of top Soviet teams and Canadian team composed of NHL players
-Russia gave Canada a run for theor money
-Paul Henderson scored winning goal to break a tie
-good for Canada's Nationalism -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Footage of the Fall of the Berlin Wall-Barrier in Germany deviding east and west Berlin
-Democracy v.s communism
-spokesman from east Berlin announced a change in his cities relations with west Berlin and announced that citizens of berlin were not to be seperated anymore
-Reunification of east and west Berlin made official on October 3, 1990 -
Fall of Soviet Union part 1
End of USSR- Discovery Channel-Soviet Union seperated into 15 seperate countries
-Gorbachev believed that the Soviet Union had to have a better relaionship with the rest of the world
-He announced that they pulled out troops from Afganastan and reduced Soviet power in Eastern Europe
- in november 1989 Czechoslovakia overthrew their country’s Communist government and became independant
-One by one the Baltic states decalred their independance from the Soviet Union -
The fall of the Soviet Union part 2
-And after all the countries decalred independance from the USSR, the Soviet Union had Fallen
