Ms.
Stewart
Social Studies 11
Name: ______________________________
Date: _______________________________
Chapter 6 – Canada in the Post War World – The 1950s
Vocabulary – Define the following terms in your own words. Use the glossary from the textbook to help you
Massey Commission
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Canada Council for the Arts
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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Cold War
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Communist
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Capitalist
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Superpowers
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Middle power
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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Warsaw Pact
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North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD)
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Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line
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United Nations (UN)
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Avro Arrow
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Korean Conflict
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Suez Crisis
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1. Contrast the Population Demographics of Canada before and after World War Two.
2. How were women expected to behave in the 1950s?
4. What technologies led to an Americanizing influence on Canadian culture?
5. What were the suggestions of the Massey Commission?
7. To what extent did the implementation of the Massey Commission and the CRTC stop the Americanization of Canada?
8. Why were aboriginals relocated to the High Arctic?
9. How and when did Newfoundland become part of Canada?
10. Discuss what unions have accomplished to improve the quality of life in Canada. Do you believe unions are still necessary today? Why or why not?
11. Who is Igor Gouzenko? How did he contribute to the Red Scare and the Cold War?
12. Compare and Contrast McCarthy and the Red Menace in the USA with Trump and “The Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” Executive Order.
McCarthy and the Red Menace
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Trump and “The Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” Executive Order.
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13. How did Prime Minister Diefenbaker strengthen alliances with the USA?
14. What problem in the Security Council led to the UN intervention in Korea?
25. Who helped lead to the creation of the UN Peacekeeping force? What event is associated with this?
Chapter 7: Vocabulary
Define the following terms in your own words. Use the glossary from the textbook to help you
Canadian Bill of Rights
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White Paper of 1969
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Red Paper
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Medical Care Act
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Quiet Revolution
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FLQ
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Parti Quebecois (PQ)
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Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism
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Official Languages Act
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October Crisis
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War Measures Act
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Bill 101
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Bomarc Missiles
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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1. Contrast hippie values with Canadian Values in the 1960s and 1970s.
Mainstream Canadian Values
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Hippie Values
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2. On your own (do not include “Universal Soldier”) find one protest song from the 1960s. What is the song protesting?
3. What did the Royal Commission on the Status of Women suggest? To what extent has the Canadian government implemented these suggestions?
4. Complete the table about rights in Canada.
Document
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Details
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United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
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Canadian Bill of Rights
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The Omnibus Bill
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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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5. What years are significant in the advancement of LGBT rights in Canada?
6. Would John Diefenbaker have supported Trudeau’s introduction of Multiculturalism? If not, what would he support?
7. What was the White Paper? Why was it rejected?
8. Why do some people consider Tommy Douglas the Greatest Canadian?
9. Complete the chart about Quebec Nationalism.
10. How did Trudeau differ from other politicians?
11. A cliché expression is “no man is an island.” Explain how conflict between Israel and Palestine led to Western Alienation.
12. If you were Prime Minister would you have accepted USA military aid during the Cold War in the form of Bomarc Missiles, NORAD, and NATO?
13. To what extent should Canada support the USA in international issues? Why?
14. Explain why the 1972 Summit Series was the most important sporting event in Canadian history.