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Quebec's Padlock Law
A law that was created to remove the province of Quebec from any communist propaganda. This was significant because the law continued to work and stay effective until 1957. -
Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair
Igor Gouzenko was a spy for the soviet embassy to Canada. He stole 109 documents from the sonviet espionage to prove that there was infact, a Russian spy in Canada. He lived for over 10 years with a bag over his head to avoid being killed by the soviets. He was eventually re-located and changed he and his families identities. This was significant because this is what triggered the cold war. -
Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade was an attempt by the Soviet Union to block Allied access to the city of Berlin in 1948 and also in 1949. It was significant because it was a visible sign of the cold war happening between the USA and the Soviet Union. -
International Alliances: NATO
An alliance of five countries that all had to agree that if one of the members was attacked by an outside country that was not in the alliance, then the rest of the members had to attack that country with full force and protect the country that was attacked. -
'The Forgotten War" - The Korean War
The Korean War was a conflict between the communist and the non-communist forces run in Korea. The purpose of the policy was to keep communism where it existed and not let it reach any other areas in the world. The significance of this war was that it was the first armed conflict of the Cold War. -
Continental Alliances: NORAD and DEW
NORAD attempts to detect and track all airborne man-made objects by using an array of radar stations. 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. They worked together for the detection of any enemies. -
Vietnam War & Draft Dodgers in Canada
Canada did not fight in the Vietnam War. American draft dodgers and military deserters who sought refuge in Canada during the Vietnam War would cause controversy among those seeking to immigrate to Canada, and some of it provoked 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
It was a conflict between Great Britain, France, Israel and Egypt. It was significant because the Suez Crisis was one of the most controversial episodes of the 20th century. Pearson proposed the first ever peacekeeping force at the UN General Assembly. Using his wide range of connections and decades of experience, he persuaded the world assembly to make the UN force a reality. -
Sputnik & Canada's Space Program
Sputnik was the first satellie that the Soviet Union launched into space that could automatically orbit the earth. It is significant because it has changed our lives globally forever with satellite- tv, radio etc. -
Diefenbaker, Bomarc Missiles and Nuclear Warheads in Canada
In 1958, the Progressive Conservative government of John Diefenbaker, deployed 56 American-made Bomarc missiles in Ontario and also Quebec. Initially, the government did not tell the population that they were nuclear missiles. Then after the conservative party was ruled out, the liberals were elected allowed the missles to be let out in Canadian soil. -
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war. The war was everted thanks to President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev. If it weren't for them, it could have been an extreme disaster for the world, and would have had a major impact on our society today. -
Canada-Soviet Hockey Series
The Summit Series, Super Series or better known simply as the Canada–USSR Series, was an eight-game series of ice hockey between the Soviet Union and Canada, held in September 1972. It was the first competition between the Soviet national team and a Canadian team represented by professional players of the National Hockey League (NHL), now known as Team Canada. -
The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built and for 28 years, it kept East Germans from fleeing to the West. It's distruction was exactly like when it was built, instantanious This shocked the world when they heard of it coming down just as much as it did when they heard it was going up. It was taken down simply because then wanted to reunify Germany, which it successfully did. -
The Fall of the Soviet Union
In December of 1991, the Soviet Union changed into fifteen separate countries. Its collapse was hailed by the west as a victory for freedom, a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism, and the evidence of the superiority of capitalism over socialism. The United States cheered as its formidable enemy was brought to its knees, ending the Cold War which had hovered over these two superpowers since the end of World War II. -
Avro Arrow and its Cancellation
The Avrow Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft. During it's production, the process of it being built suddenlystopped and put Avro out of business. To this day it still raises a lot of debate and no one is still entierly certain why the avro arrow was stopped during production.
