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quebec padlock law
-the law to protect quebec against comunistic propaganda -
vietbam war
-conflict between communist and non communist governments
-france attempted to claim vietnam so vietnam turned to china for support
-war ended in 1975 -
gouzenko affair (part 1)
- gouzenko went to the soviet embassy and walked out with documents about soviet spy activity in canada and the united states -gouzenko took is information to an ottowa newspaper but was turned away -went to the rcmp eith his information but was unable to see the minister of justice -a royal canadian air force sargent convinced ottowa police to invistagate -2 soviet agents arrested when attempting to break into gouzenko's appartment
- gouzenkos and his wife were placed in protective costudy
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gouzenko affair (part 2)
-the documents said that soviet agents have infultrated canadian military, the national reasearch councle, the external affairs department, the munition department, the british high commission and ,most importantly, the atomic energy reasearch prograeme; reasearch on the creation of an atomic bomb
-also included information about spy work in the unitide states -
berlin blockade
-june 21 1948- may 12 1949
-germany and the soviet union blocked the western allies access to parts of berlin under allies control -
international aliances: NATO
-12 founding countries: belgium, britain, canada, denmark, france, iceland, italy, luxembourg, the netherlands, norway, portugal and the USA
-all members pledged to defend each other against attack -
korean war
-the democratic peoples republic of korea (north korea) attacked the republic of korea (south korea)
-the UN supported south korea
-400 canadians killed
-1000 canadians wounded -
UN peacekeeping (suez cirsis and lester pearson)
-suzw canal was owned by arabs and they planned to destroy it
-britan, france, and israle attacked egypt causing conflict between NATO and NORAD
-pearson created the United Nations to keep peace in troubled parts of the world -
sputnik/ canadian space prograeme
-soviet union launches the sputnik satellite
-the rocket that put sputnik in orbit around the earth was also used to deliver nucular warhead to anywhere in north america -
avro arrow
-the avro arrow was an advanced fighter jet made by canadians
-14000 people lost there jobs when production was cancled
-the avro arrow was replaced by american bomarc missiles -
continental alliences
-north american air defence (NORAD) agrement was signed in 1958
-provided a defence between canada and the united states
-canada allows american so build defence instilations known as the DEW line in the north west teretories
-coule detect approching aircrafts/missiles 4800 km away -
the cuban missile crisis
-the rocket keeping sputnik orbiting earth can diliver nucular warhead to anywhere in north america thus causing high tentions around the world
-the united states attempted to overthrow cuba so nikita khrushchev had the idea to place soviet missiles on cuba to prevent ferther invasion attempts -
defenbaker, bomarc missiles and nuclear warheads in canada
-john defenbaker promiced canada prosperity when he was elected as peime minister
-defenbaker declaired the support of bomarc missiles and other nuclear warheads
-those in big citys were apposed to his decisions due to the slow economy and increasing unemployment -
canada-soviet hockey series
-canadians believed there NHL hockey players could not be defeated
-canada won thw tough canada vs. soviet series bringing more national pride for canadians -
the fall of the berlin mall
gunter schabowski anounces that the wall seperateing east and west perlin was officaly opened
-this shocked the whole nation and many ran across the border to reunite with there familys on the other side to celebrate -
the fall of the soviet union
-the soviet economy was falling due to excessive spending on military
-the comunist government was not promising enough so the citizens began to move towards capatilism and in doing so they attempted to remove gorbachev from government
-so the soviet union split into 15 different countries