CAST 1103H Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Igor Gouzenko, Expo 67, Warsaw Pact
14 Jun 2018
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Review Expo 67
• The Quiet revolution
• Quebec started to take control of its own affairs
• Government spending skyrockets and the education reform
• Viewed in a 'mostly' fond light, but the Quebecois and the First Nations contested the idea of the expo
- multiculturalism.
• Unrest in Quebec, French President de Gaulle and his speech.
Cold War
• Post WW2 the relationship between the U.S. and Britain deteriorated with the USSR.
• countries were being cut up between the US and USSR, Germany, Korea etc.
• Became a battle of capitalism vs communism
• The countries never face of, why it is a cold war
Communism
• Gov't total control over all aspects of life in the country
• Opposite of the free market ideals of democracy
Gouzenko Affair
• Igor Gouzenko defected and sought asylum in Canada (turned away the first time), had stolen documents
showing soviet spies at work in US, UK and Canadian government & scientific departments.
• Had a family in Canada and did not want to go back.
• This sparked the cold war
NATO
• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949)- western Europe and North America
• Both are military alliances
Warsaw Pact
• Eastern Europe Soviet dominance (1955)
Communist Witch Hunts
• communists were identified and purged from trade unions,
• Canadian diplomats were put under suspicion.
H-Bomb/Atomic Bomb
• The cold war spurs on the race for the bomb. Used to end WW2
• Soviets don't have the atomic bomb, but by 1949 they test a bomb, this leads to an escalation of
development of nukes
• An intense buildup of arms between the East vs. West
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Document Summary
The quiet revolution: quebec started to take control of its own affairs, government spending skyrockets and the education reform, viewed in a "mostly" fond light, but the quebecois and the first nations contested the idea of the expo. Multiculturalism: unrest in quebec, french president de gaulle and his speech. Post ww2 the relationship between the u. s. and britain deteriorated with the ussr. countries were being cut up between the us and ussr, germany, korea etc: became a battle of capitalism vs communism. The countries never face of, why it is a cold war. Communism: gov"t total control over all aspects of life in the country, opposite of the free market ideals of democracy. The north atlantic treaty organization (1949)- western europe and north america: both are military alliances. Communist witch hunts communists were identified and purged from trade unions, The cold war spurs on the race for the bomb.
