a gulf is a deep inlet of a sea almost surrounded by land, with a narrow mouth

a patrol is a repetitive journey aimed at keeping watch over a particular area

Congress is the group of elected representatives that decide laws in the United States, made up of the Senate and House of Representatives

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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

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

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

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

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

a quick succession of different governments, creating instability

a decrease in Vietcong and North Vietnamese activity

What happened in South Vietnam after the assassination of Diem?

to create accurate maps of the coastline of Vietnam

to provide information to assist South Vietnamese surprise raids

to find out North Vietnamese demands for a peace treaty

What was the purpose of the OPLAN 34A missions conducted by the US Navy?

How many North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats chased down and fired upon the USS Maddox on 2nd August 1964?

Match the vessel to the damage it received on 2nd August 1964.

How many North Vietnamese patrol torpedo boats attacked the USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy on the night of 4th August 1964?

he launched a bombing raid on North Vietnam

he called Ho Chi Minh directly to discuss the matter with him

he launched an enquiry to find out exactly what had happened

he called the South Vietnamese government for advice on what to do next

How did Johnson respond to the report of an attack on the USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy?

he didn't have enough time to organise the election process

the North and South could not agree on how to organise the elections

Why did Ngo Dinh Diem refuse to allow elections in 1956 that would have unified the country?

he led an angry mob to the Presidential Palace

he led an armed rebellion against the South Vietnamese Army

How did the Buddhist monk, Thich Quang Duc, protest against Diem's regime on 11th June 1963?

Which neighbouring countries to Vietnam did the Ho Chi Minh Trail pass through? Choose **two** options.

Complete the following sentence: John F. {{}} became president of the United States in 1961.

defoliant used to destroy the jungle canopy

Match the keywords to their correct definition.

Sort the following events into the order in which they occurred.

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