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Padlock Law
It was passed originally to eliminate communist activists and sympathizers. The law permitted the police to lock any building used for communist activity. However it was also used against unions and government opponents. It was eventually declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada. -
Duplessis Era Start
-Old fashioned
-Loves the church
-Public farming
-Capitalizes electricity
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Capitulation of Germany and Japan
Germany surrendered, followed in August of that year by Japan, after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Second World War was over. The European continent was particularly devastated by the war. Several large cities were in ruin and their infrastructure had to be rebuilt. In this context, the international stage was dominated by two of the victorious countries: the United States and the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. -
Start WW2
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Mining grew dramatically
Done by Americans, mentality that they would pay for the development of infrastructure. Led for money being drained into the states -
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Chapter 3
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Cold War
Indirect conflict between the US and the USSR. They threw their economic and military might behind countries that shared interests with their own -
Creation of the Quebec Flag
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The Abestos' Strike
Pitted workers against the state and company scabs. It is often seen as a turning point in organizing opposition to Duplessis. -
Americanism
First canadian television systems merged in Montreal and Toronto. TV drama reinforced the nuclear family and gender stereotypes. New fashion, ways of life, music, cars and celebrities. -
Creation of Income Tax
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Duplessis Era end
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End of WW2
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Quiet Revolution
Quebec began with the electoral defeat of the Union Nationale by Jean Lesage and his liberal party. -
Neo-Nationalism
The Quebec governor no longer wanted their own autonomy but also the recognition of its own identity and its distinct status. Being called quebecois than french-canadians. -
Socio-cultural vitality
The measures taken to affirm cultural identity and the establishment of cultural venues by the state in the 1960s allowed artistic and cultural production to flourish. Québécois identity became an increasingly important element in the work of Québec artists. -
Invention of the "Pill"
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End of the 1960's
Birthrate is in decline because people got married at an older age, women worked more, uses of contraception and change of mentality if having kids. Decrease of the influence of the catholic age and increase of divorces. -
Bill 63
Law to promote the French language -
The October Crisis
FLQ kidnapped James Cross and Pierre Laporte. The Prime Minister Trudeau used the war measures act to call out the army, and hundreds of FLQ members are arrested. Laporte's body is found in the trunk of his car, Cross is released. -
Bill 22
Official Language Act -
Bill 101
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New farmland law
Foreign investors were buying and selling land making it too expensive for farmers. -farm land can’t be used to build a business or residence
-illegal to cut down maple trees…maple syrup
-Can’t divide lots
-No removal of organic matter
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End of mining
