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Padlock Law
-Quebec made a law that prohibated any person propagate communism or bolshevism
-Violation of the law could cause jail time for up to 13 months
-This was the start of govermant action against Communisim in North America -
Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair
-Fled the Soveit embassy with classified documents of USSR spies
-Told the Department of Justice about the spies
-Once Canada recoved more proof of the spies they informed the US wihich started both countries into action -This one of the main sparks of the Cold War and it happend right in Ottawa -
International Alliances: NATO
History of NATO
-During the Koren War it became obvious the communist countries were allinced
-NATO was formed to protect any country under attack by a communist country
-It involved Canada, USA, and 10 Europen countries -
Berlin Blockade
Berlin Blockade
-From June 24, 1948 - May 12, 1949 the Soviets blocked all the Allies railways and canals into Berlin
-The aim was to give Russia control of the entire city
-The Allies just delivered all supplies through the airforce -This affected Canada because it was very close to them being involed in another europen war -
Korean War
Korean War
-A war that took place from June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953 bettwen Anti-Communists and Communist countries
-This was the first direct warfare in the Cold war
-26,000 Canadians were sent with 8 destroyers -
UN Peacekeeping: The Suez Crisis and Pearson wins Nobel Prize
-The Suez Crisis was military confrontation in late 1956 between Egypt on one side, and Britain, France and Israel on the other
-Pearson proposed the worlds first ever peacekeeping force
-Lester B. Pearson was the Canadian Minister of External Affairs when he won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in resolving the Suez Canal Crisis -
Vietnam War & Draft Dodgers in Canada
Vietnam War
-A war between anti-communists and the north of Veitnam agianst the south of Veitnam and communist support
-The end result was a communist victory dispite the masive support for South Vietnam
-The war had huge loss for ethier side
-Canada supported the anti communist forces for hope to speed up the process of the seemingly endless Cold War -
Diefenbaker, Bomarc Missiles and Nuclear Warheads in Canada
-John Diefenbaker struggled to determine whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons or not
-Minister of Defence George Peakes recommended that Canada integrate its air defences with the United States
- The North American Aerospace Defence Command policy (NORAD) was approved by Diefenbaker in early 1957
-Canada to this day, is still against nuclear wepons -
Continental Alliances: NORAD and DEW line
-NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) was created September 12, 1957
-NORAD is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and defense for North America.
-DEW (Distant Early Warning) Line was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, it was to detect Soviet bombs
-Theese two things made all Canadians feel much more safe -
Sputnik and Canada's Space Programs
Sputnik
-Sputnik(The first artificial earth satellite) launched October 4, 1957 by the USSR
-It travled for 90 days and orbited earth about 1,400 times
-This launch proved that the USSR had the technoligy to use long range nuclear missles
-This intiated the Canadian space programs to lanch the Alouette -
Avro Arrow and its Cancellation
Avro Arrow
-Avro CF-105 Arrow was a Canadian made technolgicaly advanced fighter jet
-It was cancled uder a year after the first flight on February 20, 1959
-This showed that Canada had the technoligy to be strong force in the air -
The Cuban Missile Crisis 2/2
United States would never invade Cuba without direct provocation -This relates to Canada because if these missiles were launched they could most definetly destroy Canada -
The Cuban Missile Crisis 1/2
Cuban Missile Crisis
-The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 14-day confrontation in October 1962 between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other side
-The US had spoted Soviet missiles in Cuba
-They had negotiations and the result was:
Withdrawal of the Soviet Union's nuclear missiles from Cuba
Withdrawal of certain United States' nuclear missiles from Turkey and Italy
Agreement with the Soviet Union that the -
Canada-Soviet Hockey Series
Paul Henderson's Goal
-An 8 game series between the USSR and Canada
-Very close series throughout the entire thing
-In the final game Paul Henderson scored in the final minuets to win it
-It was a huge increase in national pride for Canada -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
-The Berlin Wall was built on 13 August 1961
-It completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin
-This wall symbolized the "Iron Curtain" so its destruction was iconic in the end of the cold war -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
-The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) ended on 26 December 1991, the end of the Soviet Union was finalized by declaration no. 142-H of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
-The launch codes were handed over to Russian President Boris Yeltsin
-The end of the USSR was important to Canada because it led to the end of decades-long hostility between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, which had been the biggest part of the Cold War
