a strategy is a plan for directing overall military operations and movements

an occupier is a member of a group that takes possession of a country by force

tactics are actions employed by armed forces during contact with the enemy

US weaknesses in the Vietnam War

History

Segregation and discrimination in the USA

Civil rights organisations in the 20th century

Progress in education, 1954-60

The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-6)

Martin Luther King Jr and the early civil rights movement

Early opposition to the civil rights movement

The changing position of black Americans by 1960

Greensboro and the sit-in movement

Freedom rides: protests and progress for civil rights (1961)

The James Meredith case (1962)

The peace marches (1963) and Freedom Summer (1964)

The Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965)

Reasons why the civil rights movement was more successful from 1960 to 1965

The role of Malcolm X in the civil rights movement

The emergence of the Black Power movement

The Black Panther Party

The riots of 1965-67 and the Kerner Report (1968)

King's campaign in the North

How successful was the civil rights movement by 1975?

French Indochina

Containment and the Domino Theory

Vietcong resistance

Gulf of Tonkin incident

The Tet Offensive

US involvement in Vietnam

The effect of Vietnamisation on US policy in Vietnam

The expansion of the war into Cambodia, Laos and North Vietnam, 1969-1972

Opposition to the Vietnam War in the US

Support for the Vietnam War in the US

Changing US policy in Vietnam, 1969-1972

Peace negotiations to end the Vietnam War, 1968-1972

The Paris Peace agreement, 1973

North Vietnamese strengths in the Vietnam War

Impact of the Vietnam War

In this unit, pupils study a modern society and the issues that affected it in great depth over a shorter period. They learn about the key events, developments, people and stories that shaped this modern society over a period of around twenty to thirty years.

Modern depth studies

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of mental health issues

Complete the sentence: the US initially tried to win over the {{ }} of the South Vietnamese people in order to stop them from joining or helping the Vietcong.

There was nowhere to build the new hamlets.

People were forced to move away from the graves of their ancestors.

The South Vietnamese people did not know how to build the new hamlets.

South Vietnamese peasants attacked US soldiers who tried to force them to move.

Lack of resources in the hamlets led to hunger.

Which are two of the reasons why the Strategic Hamlets Programme failed?

the relocation of peasants away from Vietcong control

the bombing campaign against North Vietnam

the use of chemical weapons to clear jungle terrain and destroy crops

the airlifting of US troops into Vietcong hotspots

How many civilians are estimated to have been killed by US bombs in South Vietnam?

What was the average age of a drafted US soldier?

Complete the sentence: towards the end of the war, the US Army saw an alarming increase in {{ }}, which is the deliberate wounding or killing of commanding officers.

Complete the sentence: Operation {{ }} II saw the US fly nearly 2000 missions and drop nearly 35 000 tonnes of bombs on North Vietnam over the course of 12 days in December 1972.

When was the Paris Peace Agreement signed?

through elections overseen by independent people to make sure it was fair

the government of the North would assume control over all of Vietnam

the government of the South would assume control over all of Vietnam

unification was not agreed upon by those involved

Under the terms of the treaty, how would Vietnam be unified?

What award were the main negotiators of the treaty - Henry Kissinger of the US and Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam - presented with in 1973?

How long did the ceasefire between North and South Vietnam last until it was broken?

The US Army was already engaged in a different war.

There were huge anti-war demonstrations again.

The new US president was a pacifist who did not believe in fighting.

The US Congress refused to grant permission to re-enter the war.

Why did the US not keep its promise to re-enter the war if North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam after the peace treaty was signed?

US weaknesses in the Vietnam War

Lesson outcome

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