Social Studies 10 Lessons 📖

By: Gen L

In partnership with Hyperion University, 2023

Lesson 6: PM Pearson (1963-1968)

The 60's (The Years of Culture)

  • US influence grew as the number of TV's grew & pop culture spilled over into Canada.
  • Ideas like "youth culture" & "civil rights" had wide appeal.
  • Canada was infatuated with Kennedy's America.
  • Pearson traveled to the US to meet with Kennedy to repair strained relations.

Canada & the Vietnam War

  • The improved relations didn't last, as Kennedy was assasinated & replaced by Lyndon B. Johnson.
  • Under Johnson, America's war in Vietnam was growing, and Canadians were becoming more critical of the US.

Canada v. America's Pressure

  • 1965: The US was pressuring Canada to join the Vietnam War, but Pearson did not support the War.
  • April, 1965: Pearson gives a speech at Temple University and spoke of the need for a negotiated settlement.
  • Pres. Johnson, in a meeting the next day, grabbed Pearson by the lapels, and yelled, "You pissed on my rug!"
  • It's fair to say that this was a low point in US-Can Relations

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