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Quebec's padlock law
was to prevent Communist propaganda. if a citizen was found guilty of spreading communist propaganda the province would take your possesions for a period of time. -
Gouzenko Affair
Gouzenko testimonySent to canada to steal secrets for the atomic bomb.
Decided to give secrets to canada in exchange for protection fro USSR. died of natural causes 1982. -
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Berlin Blockade
Called the Iron Curtain. Split up germany into two major parts, East and the West. The blockade failed due to Allied air lifts of food and water. -
Nato
Democratic alliance with US, Canada, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark...etc. Was the defence against the soviet aggresion. The Soviet equivalent is the Warsaw pact. -
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The korean war
War between Communist North Korean and the democratic south korea. 25000 Canadians saw action. Over 1000 were injured and 406 died. -
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Vietnam war and drafte dodgers to Canada
vietnam propagandaconflict between communist north vietnam and democratic south vietnam. many Americans did not want to participate in the controversial war so they fled to Canada, away from the draft, estimated 50,000 to 125,000 immigrated to Canada, not all legally. -
Suez crisis and Pearson wins nobel prize
cbc pearsonPalestine did not like isreal becoming a country. UN had a special peacekeeping force. Lester Pearson came up with special un force for the suez crisis and he won the nobel peace prize. -
Sputnik and canaas space program
Sputnik launchThe first satellite launched into space, sent by the soviets. Was a fear of military advantage shifting to the soviets. With this launch came with inter continnental missiles. -
NORAD and DEW
Brand new system of air defense. Canada and the US agreed to help eachother. Created a high powered radar system, Distant Early Warning (DEW). Canada had a fear of a nuclear war. -
Diefenbaker, Bomarc missiles and nuclear war heads in Canada
He was the only conservative PM to win between 1930-1979. Bomarc misssiles were unmanned ground firing missile interceptors. Diefenbaker made agreement with the US to place missiles in northern Canada. Canda does not allow nuclear war heads into their country. -
Avro Arrow and it's cancelation
Avro Arrow first flightfirst canadian made interceptor. reached mach 3 speeds. day plane was canceled is now called black friday. 14,528 people lost their job. prime minister Diefenbaker canceled the project. -
Cuban missile crisis
was the only major confrontation of the cold war. soviets wanted to place nuclear missiles in cuba. US had photos of missiles on cuban soil. both sides made an agreement and the crisis was over oct 28th. -
Canada-Soviet hockey series
Game 1 (beware in russian)Soviets had dominated international hockey league for past 10 years. The canadians had beat them. final game's TV audience was largest on record. -
The fall of the Berlin wall
protests broke out all over Germany. Citizens of the west wanted to move out. protests of people took hammers and chizels to the wall keeping souvineers. -
the fall of the Soviet Union
Marks the end of the cold war. The Soviet Union was split up into 12 different republics. the Warsaw pact was terminated.
