1. Canada + End of the Cold War
Topics:
Canadian PM’s
Détente
- summit series 1972
3. Fall of Communism
- Belin Wall comes down

2. Canadian Politics
Governing the nation Prime Ministers of the 1950s-1980s
Louis St. Laurent
John Diefenbaker
Lester B Pearson
Pierre E. Trudeau

3. Louis St Laurent ( )
Believed postwar prosperity could unite Canada.
Proponent of Canada’s participation in NATO to fight totalitarian communism

4. His foreign policy transformed Canada from an isolationist with little role in world affairs to an active "middle power".

5. Promoted the development of natural resources in Canada (oil, potash, nickel, iron ore, etc.)
Began construction of the Trans-Canada Highway
Helped facilitate Newfoundland joining Confederation in 1949

6. John Diefenbaker ( )

7. First Progressive Conservative PM since 1935
Won a huge majority election victory in 1958
worked towards greater prosperity for all Canadians

8. Championed development of resources in Northern Canada
He was controversial for his opposition to American investment in Canada and his policies on defence (ie; Avro Arrow and Bomarc missiles)

9. Lester B. Pearson ( )

10. Liberal PM succeeding Diefenbaker in an election revolving on nuclear crisis

11. Known for his work in diplomacy and for winning the Nobel Peace prize for establishing Peacekeeping
• Best known for the introduction of nationally funded Medicare and the Canada Pension Plan for senior citizens.
Accepted missiles on Canadians soil

12. Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1968-1979, 1980- 1984)

13. • Swept to power by a tide of euphoric optimism know as Trudeaumania.
. • Campaigned on the idea of a “just society” for all Canadians.
Tried to create a more independent Canada

14. The Cold War begins to thaw

15. Detente
The U.S. and the Soviet Union felt that the military build-up was unsustainable
So détente (an easing of tensions) began in the 1970’s

16. The Summit Series 1972 Canada vs. USSR
Not just a game; it was Capitalism & Democracy vs. Communism
Organized to create a true best- on-best competition in hockey
Intense feelings of nationalism arose in both countries

17. Games Game 1: Cda 3 USSR 7 Game 2: Cda 4 USSR 1 Game 3: Cda 4 USSR 4
In Canada:
In USSR:
Game 1: Cda 3 USSR 7
Game 2: Cda 4 USSR 1
Game 3: Cda 4 USSR 4
Game 4: Cda 3 USSR 5
Game 5: Cda 4 USSR 5
Game 6: Cda 3 USSR 2
Game 7: Cda 4 USSR 3

18. 15 out of 20 million Canadians tuned in, and many schools and businesses set up television sets so that everyone could watch the final game, brought by satellite technology.

19. Canadians tied it up in the 3rd period
In USSR:
Canadians tied it up in the 3rd period
With 34 seconds to go, Paul Henderson scores the winning goal for Canada!
Game 8: Cda 6 USSR 5

20. Significance?
 It is widely considered a profound unifying experience, with repercussions beyond sports
Takes Cold War tensions on to the ice
Portrays Canada’s role in global affairs

21.   survey by the Dominion Institute, a respected history preservation group, ranks the winning goal in the final game as the fifth-greatest event in Canadian history, just below the World War I assault on Vimy Ridge and ahead of the country’s contributions to the Allied victory in World War II.

22. DETENTE SALT: Strategic Arms Limitations Talks
SALT I, 1972 (a treaty to freeze the amount of nuclear weapons for each side)
SALT II, 1979 (a treaty to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons. It was never approved by the U.S. Senate but both sides agreed in principle)

23. The beginning of the end of the Warsaw Pact
The Arms Race is taking its toll on the Soviet Union
It cannot sustain its military build-up
Economic decline led to poverty, food shortages
Satellite nations start to revolt

24. Under Mikhail Gorbachev, USSR, became more open to western ideas and diplomacy
1987, the Soviet Union decides that economic reform (perestroika) and openness (glasnost) should be used to transform its economy

25. Communism begins to crumble
1989, many of the communist leaders of the Warsaw Pact countries begin to lose power
1989, the Berlin Wall is torn down
By 1991, the Soviet Union is declared to be officially dissolved.

26. How do the people of Berlin view the Berlin Wall?
What does its demise represent? Why is it so important that it comes down?

27. On December 25, 1991, the Soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the Kremlin
Earlier in the day, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet Union
Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly independent Russian state.

28. The Cold War ends…