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Qubec's Padlock Law
Qubec 1930's Maunice Duplessis, the premier of Quebec introduced the Padlock Law in Quebec in 1937. This law was in place to protect the province from any communist Propaganda. It gave the sheriffs the ability to close any meeting places suspected to have anything to do communism or Bolshevism. Many people thought this law “contained opportunities for abuse.” They thought it was a way for the government to put anyone in jail. This made the citizens very mad and they protested aginst the law. -
Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair Part 1
Igor Gouzenko was born in the Soviet Union and he worked with the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa. During his time working in the Embassy he learned that the Soviet Union ran a spy network in Canada and many other western countries. These spies wanted to steal the secrets of the atomic bomb. At this time Igor’s family was being sent back to Russia. So Igor offered Canada a document that exposed the work and the names of some of the Soviet spies. In return he asked for permit protection from Canada. -
Spies in Canada Gouzenko Affair part 2
Interview with Igor GouzenkoThese documents supplied 18 out of 39 people who were condemned of criminal activity related to spying. Igor and his family went into hiding and Canada protected them till Igor died in 1982. This gave Canada a big lead and were able to inprison the Soviet spies. -
Berlin Blockade
BlockadeThe Soviet Union tried to force the Allies into giving up their rights to occupy the Western part of Berlin. They tried to physically block all supply lines to West Berlin. (Blockade) So the allies organized an airlift to give food and supplies to the citizens of West Berlin. The blockade was a success however; it brought up a lot of tension between the soviets and its former allies.Many countries including Canada built up their military to protect from a suspected Soviet attack. -
International Alliances: NATO
The Soviet Union was looking to spread the communist system across the world. So Canada and many other countries started to get concerned about their national safety. Many of the countries came together and formed the NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.The meant that the countries had to pledge to defend the other members if an attack from the Soviet Union were to happen to any of the countries. This created an alliance between 12. -
The Korean War
Korean war1950-1953. In 1950 North Korea, which was a communist country supported by China at the time, decided to attack South Korea suppored by the United States. As the attack started to take form the United Nations members told the countries “to render every assistance” to North Korea, 16 countries supported this effort. Through this war the UN made sure South Korea kept its independence, and Canada was told to stay in South Korea “to maintain the uneasy truce” -
Draft Dodgers in Canada
1945-1975. Draft Dodgers are Americans who would settle in Canada to avoid drafting (or conscription) to the Vietnam war. At this time in Canada, they wanted more people living in Canada so they treated the Draft dodgers as immigrants. This was not illegal and the US couldn’t do anything about these people, unless they tried to move back to America. This increased the population of Canada which was something Canada was looking to do. -
Warsaw pact
The Soviet Union organized the countries behind the iron curtain to make a rival military alliance against the NATO called the war saw pact. They focused on building military advantage over the NATO alliance. -
UN Peacekeeping: Suez Crisis Part 1
Suez CrisisThe Middle East had been a threat to world peace for a long time now. In 1948 the United Nations recognized the new state of Israel. This threat made the Arabs feel vulnerable, they refused to recognize Israel and wanted to destroy it. Around this time Jewish people started to immigrate to Israel. Many issues went on to increase tension between Isreal and the world. -
UN Peacekeeping: The Suez Crisis Part 2
In 1956 the Egyptian leader, Nasser, decide to take control of the Suez Canal. When this happened France, Britain and Israel agreed to try to regain control of the canal. The Soviet Union threated to support Egypt. (See Pearson winning Nobel Peace prize for solution) -
Vitnam War
Painted black, vietnam war song1956-1975- Canada never fought in this war but it effected Canada greatly. But Canada did send small groups of troops over to help when they could. This war was fought between the communist of the North and the government of the south. Each side had their supporting countries due to their views on Communism. -
Sputnik
Launch of SputnikSputnik was a satellite that was launched by the Soviet Union. Nevertheless the rocket that put Sputnik into orbit could be used to deliver a nuclear warhead (The head of a missile able to deliver an atomic bomb) to any city in North America. When the United States found out this information they replaced their long range bomber aircraft with long range missiles (ICBM’s) This started to get Canada thinking about their national saftey and a plan if anything were to happen. -
UN Peacekeeping: Pearson wins Nobel Prize
Nobel Peace PrizeLester Pearson found a solution to the Suez Crisis. His solution was, to an end to all shooting and create a Special UN Peacekeeping Force to patrol boarder areas. This was accepted and the UNEF kept the peace in this situation until 1967. Lester B. Pearson got the Nobel Prize in 1957 for his efforts toward the solution to the Suez Crisis in 1956. -
Diefenbaker, Bomarc missiles and nuclear warheads in Canada
John Diefenbaker was the Conservative leader and the 13th Prime Minister of Canada. Through his time as Prime Minister he struggled with deciding if Canada should get Nuclear weapons or not. He stopped any work on the Avro Arrow and wanted to bring in the American weapon the Bomarc Missile; this missile would carry a nuclear warhead in its defensive policy. But Diefenbaker did agree with the US to deploy 2 squadrons of the Bomarc missile in Canada but the warheads were not accepted until 1963. -
Conteinental Alliance: Dew line
DEW lineThe Americans built defense installations in the North West Territories to make the Distant Early Warning system. (The DEW line) This system could pick up approaching enemy aircrafts and missiles from 4800 km away. If something were to be detected a signal would be sent to Colorado Springs and they would control all defensive and offensive weapons to protect North America. -
Continental Alliances: NORAD
NORAD stands for North American Air Defence. Since the development of the long-range missiles, it was clear that North America needed a better defense system. The NORAD agreement was signed in 1958 between the United States and Canada to try to get a better defense system. With this agreement Canada and the US were to defend each other in the occurrence of an attack on either side. -
Avro Arrow and its Cancellation
John Diefenbaker (leader of conservative party) stopped any production on the Avro Arrow, which was a very expensive jet aircraft being developed in Canada. In the place of the Avro Arrow Diefenbaker ordered the American Bomarc missiles for Canada to use instead. Due to the cancellation of the Avro Arrow 14000 people lost their jobs and the unemployment rate in Canada increased, making many families very poor and living on one or no income depending on their family situation. -
Canada's Space Program
In 1959 NASA and Canada made an agreement to send Canada's first satellite into space, the Aloette. All of the funds for the satillite was produced by Canada but the launch site was in the United States. On Spetember 29th 1962 the Alouette I was aunched in to space and by 1965 Alouette II was also launched. These satellites were the start of Canada's space program bringing to where it is today. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1962 the Americans found out that Cuba was making Soviet Missile sites. These missile sites could aunch a missie to any specific place in North America. The USA and Canada thought that the Soviet Union was going to attack so they prepared for the worst. In the end ithere was never an attack but it made Canada and the US think of everything they could do to keep their countries safe. -
Canada-Soviet Hockey Series
Winning goalFor years Canada’s amateur hockey team had come close to winning many championships but could never beat the European teams. (Mostly Russia) But Canada thought that no European team could beat a team of NHL players. In 1972 a series was made to test this theory. By the second to last game the series was at a tie. It was up to this last game to decide who would be the overall winner. With 37 seconds left in the last game Paul Henderson scored winning the game for Canada, bringing pride to Canada -
The fall of the Berlin Wall part 2
Fall of Berlin WallIn 1987 president Ronald Reagan asked the Soviet leader to “tear down this wall.” This was when the Soviet Union began to collapse, losing their hold on Berlin. To tear down the wall many people chipped away at it for a long time. On October 3rd 1990 Germany was officially reunited as one country, wit Berlin as the capital. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall Part 1
The Berlin Wall was built by the communist government of East Berlin in 1961, which separated East and West Belin. It was built to stop people from fleeing East Berlin. People living on the East side started realizing that they didn’t want to live under the Soviet union communist way of life, so they started to move west ( If you did this you were called a defector) and that was the reason for the wall. The wall started as barbed wire then to 12 feet high 4 feet thick concrete block. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
Fall of the USSRThe Soviet Union was a Pre-war communist state in Eastern Europe and Asia. The Soviet Union slowly started to go downhill; starting with little trade with other countries, there was little to no money coming into the country it was just floating around the country. And due to the cold war they had enormous debt due to military cost. By December 1991 the world watched the Soviet Union split into 15 countries. This affected the whole world due to the new change of politics, economy and military.
