HISTORY 3CG3 Lecture 13: Oct 20 Lecture
8 Jan 2016
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Morton 1964: king left canada so irradiated by the american presence that it sickens and threatens to dissolve in cancerous slime people thought he behaved like a puppet, caused canada to follow us instead of make own decisions. 1945: 50-60 million dead in europe and asia. European and asian countries are heavily damaged by the war. Tokyo was devastated by the war, city was in very poor condition, as much of the rest of japan. North america: canada and us physically untouched by war"s devastation. With programs to ensure continued economic growth. 1945: us = largest airforce and navy, 2nd largest army in world. Can ends war with 3rd largest navy and 4th largest airforce. thus, post 1945 is an american era, also a north american one. Canada prospers: 1945-50 economy grows from . 8 billion to . 4 billion. Growth in manufacturing but especially in natural resource extraction and exploitation; mining, nuclear power, oil deposits, hydroelectric projects.
