Cold War And Modern Politics

Dividing lines between democratic countries and communist countries in europe

The iron curtain

Told RCMP and government about a soviet spy ring in the government

Igor Gouzenko

Sixties Scoop

Indigenous kids being taken away from their families and placed into mostly white families

FlQ(Front De liberation)

Quebecois terrorist group

Countries don't directly fight each other, but help out opposing sides who side with their beliefs

Proxy War

Biggest war in the cold war

Vietnam War

Term Used for US and Soviet union during the cold war

Superpower

Not a superpower, but has international influence

Middle power

Prime minister during cold war

Lester B. Pearson

Mutual defense organization set up to protect western europe countries. US, Canada, and western Europe

NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Made after the NATO Alliance was created. Alliance between Soviet Union and eastern european countries

Warsaw Pact

Defense agreement between US and Canada

NORAD(North American aeRospace Defense command)

Period of rapid change and modernization of Quebec

Quiet Revolution

Popular prime minister during quebec's rise in nationalism. Very progressive

Pierre Elliott trudeau

Flq members kidnap British diplomat and Quebec labour minister

October crisis

Canadian Radar systems to detect soviet activity in the north poll

(Distant early warning)Dew line

Act that encouraged Canada's ethnic groups to express their cultures. Designed to make all Canadians feel at home

Multiculturalism act

Physical barrier surrounding west berlin to stop people from escaping form east germany

Baron Wall