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Quebec's Padlock Law
This was a law that continued to work until 1957. It stated that the province of Quebec was to be exclude from any communist propaganda. -
Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair
Igor Gouzenko was significant because his actions triggered the cold war. He was a cipher clerk for the soviet embassy to Canada. He stole 109 documents from the sonviet espionage to prove that there was a Russian spy in Canada. To avoid being killed by the sovietse he lived for over 10 years with a 'bag like' thing over his head . He was eventually moved around and changed his indentiy aslong with his families identities to keep them safe. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was a very significant event because it was a visible sign of the cold war between the USA and the Soviet Union. It was an attempt by the Soviet Union to block Allied access to the German city of Berlin in two diffrent years: 1948 and 1949. -
International Alliances: NATO
An alliance of the five most powerful countries that all had to agree that if one of the members was attacked by an outside country then the rest of the members had to attack that country with full force. -
"The Forgotten War"- The Korean War
This war was the first armed conflict of the Cold War making it very important in history.The Korean War was a conflict between communist and non-communist forces in Korea. The purpose of the policy was to contain communism where it existed and to make sure it didn't spread over any other areas in the world. -
Continental Alliances: NORAD and DEW
The DEW Line was designed and built during the Cold War as the primary air defence warning line in case of an over-the-pole invasion of the North America. NORAD attempts to detect and track all airborne man-made objects by using a varaity of radar stations. Together fthey worked well detecting any enemies. -
Vietnam War & Draft Dodgers in Canada
Canada was not apart of the Vietnam War and diplomatically it was "officially non-belligerent". American draft dodgers and military deserters who came to seek refuge in Canada during the Vietnam War sparked controversy among those seeking to immigrate to Canada. Some of it was started by the Canadian government’s initial refusal to admit those who could not prove that they had been discharged from military service. -
UN Peacekeeping: The Suez Crisis and Pearson wins Nobel Prize
this event was a dispute between France, Great Britain, Israel and Egypt. At the UN General Assembly the world’s first ever peacekeeping force was proposed by Pearson. Using an amalgimation of connections and decades of experience, he persuaded the world assembly to make the UN force a reality. The Suez Crisis was one of the most controversial and convulsive episodes of the 20th century making this event important. -
Sputnik and Canada's Space Program
Sputnik was the first satellie that the Soviet Union launched into space that could automatically orbit the earth and is a significant event because it was the start to a whole new technoogical advance. For example it was the start to satellite- tv, radio, gps etc. -
Diefenbaker, Bomarc Missiles and Nuclear Warheads in Canada
The Progressive Conservative government uneder the rain of John Diefenbaker deployed 56 American-made Bomarc missiles in Ontario and Quebec. At that time the government did not inform the population that they were nuclear missiles that were launched. After the conservative party was ruled out, the liberals were elected and accepted to inform that the missles that were let out in Canadian soil were, in fact, nuclear. -
Avro Arrow and its Cancellation
The Avro Arrow a delta-winged interceptor aircraft. During it's production, abruptly was stopped and put Avro out of business. To this day it raises a lot of debate and it is still not entierly certain why the avro arrow was stopped during production. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a very significant event because without President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev the world would have epericnced its first nuclear war which would have been a tragic disaster. -
Canada-Soviet Hockey Series
The Canada–USSR Series or know of days known as the Summit Series, or Super Series was an eight game series of ice hockey played between the Soviet Union and Canada. It was the first competition between the Soviet national team and a Canadian team. The Canadian team was made up from professional players of the National Hockey League (NHL), which formed Team Canada. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall kept East Germans from fleeing to the West for 28 years before it was distructed. When it came down it shocked the world just as much as it did going up as it was very instantaneous. It was taken down simply because they wanted to reunify Germany, which it successfully did. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
The fall of the Soviet Union changed the world. USA rejoiced as their enemy buckled and the cold war was finally put to an end.
part of the fall of the Soviet Union was that it was then divided into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was seen as a victory for freedom, and triumph of democracy over capitilism.
