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cold war and beyond Flashcards

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NATO

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democratic

  • USA
  • CAN
  • Great Britain
  • West Germany
  • Western Europe
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warsaw pact

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communist

  • U.S.S.R./soviet union
  • poland
  • east germany
  • eastern europe
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NORAD

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north american aerospace defence command

- radar systems in the canadian arctic to monitor potential attacks from the russians

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containment

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the desire to keep communism from spreading to democratic nations

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duck and cover

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a method of personal protection against the effects of a nuclear explosion.

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red scare

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as the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States intensified in the late 1940s and early 1950s, hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare.

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generation gap

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differences of outlook or opinion between people of different generations.

  • teens and parents
  • don’t understand each other
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separatism

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the advocacy or practice of separation of a certain group of people from a larger body on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender.

(quebec started talking about separating from canada)

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berlin wall

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purpose of the Berlin Wall was to keep Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state, but it primarily served the objective of stemming mass defections from East to West.

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avro arrow

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most advanced jet made, developed by canada, made by avro arrow. built to destroy soviet bomb

-project cancelled in 1954

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bill 101

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french began to push to have french as 1st language in quebec because they were a minority and scared their language would be fogotten

  • law was passed
  • coled down separatists
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quiet revolution

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  • quebec became nationalistic and made changes in their province (more control with provincial gov’t and more rights for french canadians)
  • where the separatism issue began
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M.A.D.

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mutually assured destruction

- this principle kept the cold war conflicts to “limited” wars between smaller states

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autopact

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  • signed permit (can & usa) autopact – free trade of cars across the border
  • more money for canada was being used to make more cars

has economic impact, not having to pay tarrifs, lot of economy was tied in with americans, stronger realtionship with U.S.

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cold war

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state of political hostility between the USA and the USSR – never an open conflict between both superpowers

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baby boom

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  • after WWI
  • economic “good times” + couples = making babies
  • young families having children raised population by a lot
  • this large population needed homes – the suburbs (communities outside of cities) was created
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nuclear family

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  • ordinary canadians even took action by building their own fallout shelters, creating basements in their homes, and stocking canned goods and other non-perishable supplies in the event of an attack
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suez crisis

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  • egypt was close to switching to communism, they seized the suez canal (british owned)
  • british, france, israel launched an attack/egypt turned to soviet leader
  • brink of war (nuclear threats)
  • lester b pearson (can) proposed striking solution, the british and france leave and UN stayed (keep peace)
  • CAN lead 1st large international peace force (against B wishes)
  • successful, carved independent name
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korean war

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  • first military conflict to emerge in cold war period
  • vital in containment of communism
  • north korea –> surprise attack on south korea
  • sent american troops given to canada general
  • many CAN volunteered (more proportion to population than any other UN nation
  • both north and south korea agreed to original border
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expo ‘67

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  • canada got own flag feb 15, 1965
  • big exhibition in montreal, ppl from all over were visiting canada and seeing how great canada was
  • had our own symbol
  • felt completely independent
  • highlighted to the world how much progress was happening in canada
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counter-culture movement

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many young people joined the counterculture movement, rebelling against their parents’ values and traditions. Rock-and-roll music and folk music became forces for social and cultural change.

  • hipsters, rockers and hoods, beatniks, squares, teeny boppers, rock and roll
  • The new mindset was anti-capitalist, anti-institutional, and promoted the idea that everything had to be questioned
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woodstock music festival

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  • concert, didn’t expect a lot of ppl but got line ups, traffic
  • lots of music apart of the counter-culutre movement
  • didnt think it was going to go so well
  • created the most popular music event in history
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cuban missile crisis

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  • leader of soviet union secretly put missiles in cuba to counter an emerging lead of U.S. in development of missiles
  • kennedy televised and said he knew about the weapons and any attack that came from cuba he would consider as soviet’s fault
  • imposed naval blockade of cuba to stop the building of missile sights
  • world thought 2 superpowers were going to go to war
  • U.S. asked CAN to ally –> CAD parliament hesitated but then agreed, hesitation put distrust between 2 nations
  • S.U. sent letter to JFK that they’ll stop if U.S. promised not to invade cuba –> U.S. agreed
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space race

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competition between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for dominance in spaceflight capability.

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Igor Gouzenko

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russian cipher clerk in ottawa who had encoded his communication to moscow and got caught by MIS spies and got to live in Canada due to helping Canada gain classified information

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Lester B. Pearson

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helped solve the suez crisis

- became PM in 1963

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FLQ

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Front de libération du Québec
- a separatist and terrorist and paramilitary group in Quebec. It was a militant part of the Quebec sovereignty movement.

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role canada played in the suez crisis and importance

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Canadian soldiers became synonymous with UN peacekeeping missions in foreign lands
- Lester Pearson’s efforts to solve the conflict

  • pushed Canada’s identity as a peaceful country
  • canada helped solve (independence?)
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Different ways that you can “fight” a Cold War

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  • Threats + Intimidation (bombs, militarization)
  • Competition (sports like the Olympics, space race)
  • Propaganda (Communism vs. Democracy)
  • Limited Conflicts in Satellite States (Vietnam, Korea)
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How the baby boom impacted Canadian society and Consumerism

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  • raised pop

- created suburbs

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Why did the counter-culture movement emerged (who led it and what were they mad about?) *****

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  • ## Many college‐age men and women became political activists and were the driving force behind the civil rights and antiwar movements
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Jean Lesage

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Known as the father of the Quiet Revolution, he led his province during that modernizing period of profound change in the collective life of Québec.

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teenagers

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  • ages 13-19 saw themselves as a distinct group (baby boomers)
  • they had leisure time and spending money
  • canadian society was very strict and conservative
    (teenagers who wore blue jeans were suspended)
  • teenagers rebelled (didn’t want to be told how to act, started hating their parents
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october crisis

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fall 1970

  • FLQ kidnapped James Richard Cross & threatened to kill him unless he released prisoners and got their manifesto read on tv
  • quebec gov’t allowed manifesto on tv
  • few days later, FLQ kidnapped Pierre LaPorte which made ppl think that FLQ was really powerful
  • put pressure on young premier who turned to ottawa for help
  • thousands of ppl gathered to show support for FLQ
  • trudeau invoked war measures act (suspended basic civil rights)
  • pierre laporte was found dead which made ppl not support FLQ as much

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