an offensive is an attacking military campaign

a strategy is a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall goal

a hotspot is a place of significant activity, danger or violence

The Tet Offensive

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

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

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

What does the 'B' stand for in Johnson's BEAST approach to the war in Vietnam?

What name was given to the bombing campaign by the US against North Vietnam?

What acronym was given to the South Vietnamese Army?

the Lunar New Year, an important national holiday in Vietnam

the Vietnamese word for a surprise attack

the name given to the South Vietnamese parliament

all territorial gains were lost within a few weeks

Ho Chi Minh was killed during the offensive

not enough equipment and ammunition was provided for the fighters

it made China and the USSR question their support for North Vietnam

In what ways can the Tet Offensive be seen as a loss for the communists? Choose **two** answers.

the US embassy in Saigon was completely overrun

US public opinion turned sharply against the war

General Westmoreland was killed in the fighting

the South Vietnamese people rose up in support for the communists

In what ways can the Tet Offensive be seen as a victory for the communists? Choose **two** answers.

Complete the sentence with a year: The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was passed on 7th August ...

American ships were bombed by Chinese planes

American ships were attacked by North Vietnamese patrol boats

American ships were sunk by Soviet submarines

American ships were damaged after they collided with each other

What happened during the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

a game played with clubs and a small ball

a peninsula mostly or entirely made up of desert

an area of water between an island and the mainland

a deep inlet of a sea almost surrounded by land

What was the name given to the retaliatory bombing raid carried out by the US on a North Vietnamese petrol storage facility?

What percentage of US citizens supported Johnson's response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

Kennedy is assassinated, Johnson replaces Kennedy as US president

OPLAN 34A missions take place to assist ARVN raids

Place the events in the order in which they occurred.

The Tet Offensive

Lesson outcome

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