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Quebec's Padlock Law
Officially called "Act to protect the Province Against Communistic Propaganda." Passed by the Union Nationale government of Maurice Duplessis and was intended to prevent the dissemination of coummunist propaganda. -
Gouzenko Affair
Often known as causing the cold war. Igor Gouzenko gave Canada information that made them aware of Soviet plans. -
Berlin Blockade
Was an attempt by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of France, Great Britain and the United States to travel to their sectors of Berlin. Three years after the end of World War II, the blockade was the first major clash of the Cold War lead to further conflicts. -
International Alliances: NATO
NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The NATO is a intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. NATO's headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, one of the 28 member states across North America and Europe, the newest of which, Albania and Croatia, joined in April 2009. -
The Korean War
Also known as "The Forgotten War." This war was between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. -
Continental Alliances
NORAD and DEW are a system of radar stations in the northern Arctic region of Canada, including extra stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, plus the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It was set up to detect incoming Soviet bombers during the Cold War, and provide early warning of any sea-and-land invasion. -
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
Lester B. Pearsons role in defusing the Suez Crisis through the United Nations, Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The selection committee said that he had "saved the world." The United Nations Emergency Force was Pearson's creation, and he is considered the father of the modern concept of peacekeeping. -
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. During tht time the government did not tell 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 Cancelation
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 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 over. part of the fall of the Soviet Union was that it was then divided into fifteen separate countries
