Vietnamisation was the US policy of withdrawing troops and transferring responsibility for the war to the government of South Vietnam

public opinion refers to the popular view in society about a particular issue

a veteran is a person who has served in the armed forces

Changing US policy in Vietnam, 1969-1972

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

Peace negotiations to end the Vietnam War, 1968-1972

The Paris Peace agreement, 1973

US weaknesses in the Vietnam War

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

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

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

what the most popular people think about something

the popular view in society about a particular issue

an opinion that have been voted for by the public

Vietnamisation strategy begins; US troop numbers also peak at 543 400

secret negotiations with North Vietnam begin

US provides air support for ARVN invasion of Laos

Operation Linebacker, the heavy bombing of North Vietnam, begins

Place the events relating to Vietnamisation in chronological order.

The USSR was allied with North Vietnam, and many Americans liked the USSR.

It was felt there were too many American deaths.

Many people did not know where Vietnam was.

There were lots of communists in America who opposed war with other communists.

Which two of the following were reasons why some Americans opposed the war in Vietnam?

Complete the sentence: many Americans supported the war in Vietnam because they did not want America to look __________.

public opinion changed too much to be measurable

How did public opinion towards the war change as the war went on?

Roughly how many Vietnam veterans publicly opposed the war?

Across the country, how many people took part in the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam demonstrations in 1969?

Complete this sentence: Nixon publicly stated that demonstrations would have no effect on him because 'policy made in the streets equals __________'.

There were public demonstrations supporting Nixon immediately afterwards.

Anti-war demonstrations decreased dramatically.

His approval ratings jumped by more than 30%.

Historians are unsure whether people did like it or not.

How do we know that many American people liked Nixon's 'Silent Majority' speech?

a fear and hatred towards foreign countries

a desire to travel and see foreign countries

Complete the sentence with a fraction: more than 100 people were injured in the Hard Hat Riot, roughly {{ }} of them women.

What two gifts were presented to President Nixon by the leaders of the Hard Hats?

Starter Quiz