a delegate is a person sent to a meeting or conference to represent others

a negotiation is a discussion aimed at reaching an agreement

Peace negotiations to end the Vietnam War, 1968-1972

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

Changing US policy in Vietnam, 1969-1972

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

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

Which president first began peace negotiations with North and South Vietnam?

Which president began secret peace negotiations with North Vietnam?

Match the person to their role in the peace negotiations.

What name was given to the massive North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam in late March 1972?

He sulked about it privately but said nothing in public.

He launched a massive bombing campaign on North Vietnam.

He was not particularly concerned about it.

How did Nixon respond to the North Vietnamese attack of late March 1972?

He disagreed with some of the wording of the treaty.

He was furious that he had been excluded from the secret negotiations.

He felt that South Vietnam could still win the war.

He wanted more support from the US before signing.

Why did the South Vietnamese president refuse to sign the draft peace treaty in October 1972?

Complete the sentence: the US policy of withdrawing troops and transferring responsibility for the war to the government of South Vietnam was known as {{ }}.

What was the name of the route that enabled North Vietnam to send troops and supplies to South Vietnam?

invaded in Mar 1970, ground troops travelled 19 miles inside territory

air support provided for ARVN invasion in Feb 1971

Match the country to the action taken by the US.

Choose the groups who opposed American involvement in Vietnam.

Choose groups who supported US involvement in Vietnam. The names of some groups will give you clues about their views on the war.

People are quiet when they are in a group.

Most people agreed with his efforts to end the war without saying so publicly.

Most people don't like speaking in public.

There were more capitalists around the world than communists.

What did Nixon mean when he referred to the 'silent majority'?

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