Cold War Flashcards
NORAD
- North American air defence system
- a pact between Canada and the US out of Russia paranoia
Berlin blockade
Russia wanted to apply pressure on the Americans and Europeans that owned half of Berlin, they created a blockade.
American British and French planes flew supplies to western Berlin do that they would survive eventually the blockade was dropped
United Nations
- league if nations failed
- ## 21 countries signed it
Marshall plan
- Western Europe was helped by this economic strengthening plan, where as Eastern Europe was under the rule of Russia under the commonfal plan
NATO
North Atlantic treaty organization
- defence organization
Iron curtain
A hypothetical wall that divided the communist side of Europe to the American side
Berlin Wall
An actual wall that divided Berlin in half
Fell in 1989
Hydrogen bomb
- developed in 1949
- tested in the pasific ocean
Cuba middle crisis
The nuclear missiles in Cuba had perfect range of all the US
- Kennedy got Krushcev to back down
Gocbarchev
Developed Glasnost in the Soviet Union,and eventually lead to the breakup of the Soviet Union
Dooms day clock
Tracked the danger of nuclear war located in Chicago
The red scare
People were worried about the take over or communism just like
In Russia
Korea
- US and Canada fought to protect the communist take over of South Korea
- nobody really won North Korea remained communist and South Korea remained democratic
Suez Crisis
- when Egypt said that they were going to make the Suez Canal nationalized
- Britain and France wanted the water access to oil
- sent in forces from Israel
- Peace keeping missions were formed
Vietnam war
- America backed up the French stationed there
- south Vietnam would not become another communist nation
- Russia fought with north Vietnam to join the geo under communism
- eventually north Vietnam won communism
Lester Pearson
- came up with the idea of peace keeping missions
- he created universal health care, pension plans, student loans
Space race
- wanted to launch missiles from space
- allouette was the first Canadian satellite
- Marc Garneau was the first Canadian in space
Roberta bondar
First female Canadian in space (1992)
Avro Arrow
- Canada’s first attempt at joining the super sonic fighters
- cancelled by diefenbaker
- too much money
- all the blue prints and planes destroyed
John diefenbaker
- cancelled the Avro arrow
- laid the foundation for the charter of rights and freedom
- allowed US to fly over Canada with bombs
Herbert Norman
He was named a communist, he wasn’t actually
One but he felt stuck
And eventually committed suicide
Padlock law
Allows local sheriffs to close down meeting places suspected of promoting communism or Bolshevism
- too much power to the attorney general
Igor Gouzenko
He was a spy from the Russian embassy, he told people of a spy ring in the government, this made Canadians scared for they new Russians were amount them
Deifebbuncker
A bunker in Canada where important person role would stay
