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Quebec Padlock Law
premier of quebec maurice duplessis created it
It was intended to prevent the dissemination of communist propaganda
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Spies in Canada: Gouzenko Affair
the man in the hoodIgor Gouszenko was born in the soviet union in 1945 and was assigned to the soviet embassy in Ottawa in 1943, where he was trained in intelligence work.
He learned of many spy networks operating Canada
He learned he and his family would be sent back to Russia, so he exposed the soviet spies to Canada for protection in return.
No one took him seriously, but then when soviet agents tried kidnapping him, canadian officials got involved.
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Berlin Blockade
footge of the 10m blockadeThe soviet union attempted to force the allies to give up their established rights to occupy berlin, breaking an agreement with it's former allies
The blockade failed, because the allies organized an airlift to provide supplies and food berlin needed.
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International Alliances: NATO
history of NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created by Canada and USA.
12 founding members: canada, US, britain, netherlands, portugal, denmark, italy, luxembourg, norway, france and iceland.
Soviets organized warsaw pact which included poland,hungary,czechoslovakia,east germany,bulgaria,albania and romania
Both superpowers developed a hydrogen bomb by mid 1980's
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"The forgotten war"- The Korean War
story of korean war documentaryNorth Korea, supported by China, attacked South Korea, supported by the US
US got 16 UN members to help out.
Out of the nearly 25,00 canadians who saw action, 1000 were wounded and 406 were killed
South Korea gained independence -
korean war end
Canada ranked third in total aid of south korea.
the truce took place in 1953
Some canadian troops stayed in korea until 1955 to help maintain the uneasy truce -
UN peacekeeping: The suez crisis
Events leading to suez crisis in 2.5 minutesArab people got mad at Jews for seizing Israel.
In 1948, Isreali people defeated the Arab people and seized more land.
An uneasy truce was arranged and monitored by the UN until 1956.
the middle east was a strategic location and had massive patroleum reserves, so the area was fought over.
The US supported Israel and the soviet union supported Iraq, Syria and Egypt.
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UN peacekeeping: Pearson wins nobel prize
Lester Pearson, Canada's secreatary of state and external affairs, had a solution to the suez crisis.
His plan was to end all shooting and have a force to maintain invading forces and patrol border areas.
800 canadian soldiers, the biggest contribution of any nation, agreed.
Pearson created the United Nations Emergency Force(UNEF)
Pearson was awarded the nobel prize, and was elected Prime Minister -
Sputnik and Canada's Space Program
launch of sputnikSoviets launched first sputnik satellite in 1957.
Soviets could deliver nuclear warheads to any spot in North America.
Alouette 1, Canada's first satellite, was launched by NASA on september 29, 1962.
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Continential Alliances: NORAD and DEW line
the dew line storyWith military technology increasing rapidly, the North American Air Defence(NORAD) agreement was signed in 1958.
Americans built several defence installations in Northwest Territories to create Distant Early Warning system(DEW line)
radar antennae on DEW line could pick up approaching enemy aircraft and missiles from 4800 km away.
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Avro Arrow and it's cancellation
first flight of the avro arrowThe Avro Arrow is a techincally advanced fighter jet developed by Canadians.
Due to high expenses, Diefenbaker cancelled it.
Many jobs were lost -
Diefenbaker, Bomarc missiles and nuclear warheads in canada
John Diefenbaker became prime minister in june 21, 1957
His indecision on whether to accept Bomarc missiles from the US led to his government's downfall
When lester pearson was elected, he accepted bomarc missiles -
vietnam war and draft dodgers in Canada
vietnam war draft dodgersA lengthened struggle nationalist forces attempting to unify vietnam under a communist government and the US, with the aid of the south vietmanese, attempted to prevent the spread of communism
US leaders lost the american public's support for the war.
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Cuban Missile crisis
American spy planes photographed soviet missile construction sites on cuba
JFK made a blockade to stop soviet ships from delivering dangerous weapons, which resulted in the soviets turning back. -
Canada-soviet hockey series
An eight-game series of ice hockey between Canada and the soviets held on september 1972
It was the first international competition for Canada and soviets' national teams.
First four games held in Canada, last four games held in Moscow
Results:
Game one
USSR 7 – Canada 3 Game two
Canada 4 – USSR 1 Game three
Canada 4 – USSR 4 Game four
USSR 5 – Canada 3 Game five
USSR 5 – Canada 4 Game six
Canada 3 – USSR 2 Game seven
Canada 4 – USSR 3 Game eight
Canada 6 – USSR 5 Canada won! -
fall of berlin wall
moments history: fall of berlin wallAt bornholmer strasse the poeple demanded to open the border
At night the border was opened by east germans peacefully -
fall of the soviet union
collapse of sovietsreps from 11 soviet republics (Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) met and announced that they would not want to be a part of the soviet union
They established a commonwealth of independent states
Gorbachev resigned
