cold war and beyond Flashcards
NATO
democratic
- USA
- CAN
- Great Britain
- West Germany
- Western Europe
warsaw pact
communist
- U.S.S.R./soviet union
- poland
- east germany
- eastern europe
NORAD
north american aerospace defence command
- radar systems in the canadian arctic to monitor potential attacks from the russians
containment
the desire to keep communism from spreading to democratic nations
duck and cover
a method of personal protection against the effects of a nuclear explosion.
red scare
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.
generation gap
differences of outlook or opinion between people of different generations.
- teens and parents
- don’t understand each other
separatism
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)
berlin wall
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.
avro arrow
most advanced jet made, developed by canada, made by avro arrow. built to destroy soviet bomb
-project cancelled in 1954
bill 101
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
quiet revolution
- 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
M.A.D.
mutually assured destruction
- this principle kept the cold war conflicts to “limited” wars between smaller states
autopact
- 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.
cold war
state of political hostility between the USA and the USSR – never an open conflict between both superpowers
baby boom
- 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
nuclear family
- 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
suez crisis
- 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
korean war
- 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
expo ‘67
- 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
counter-culture movement
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
woodstock music festival
- 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
cuban missile crisis
- 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
space race
competition between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for dominance in spaceflight capability.
