a regime is a government, especially an authoritarian one, which enforces strict obedience at the expense of personal freedom

a hamlet is a small settlement, generally smaller than a village

the Vietcong were the communist guerilla group who opposed the South Vietnam army (the ARVN)  and US forces with the help of North Vietnam

a guerilla is a member of a small, loosely-organised army that fights a larger, stronger force and uses surprise tactics

Vietcong resistance

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

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

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

introduction of Strategic Hamlets Program

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

by promising support and helping with work

How did the Vietcong get support from peasant farmers?

member of a small, loosely-organized army 

Match the keywords with the correct definitions.

to address corruption in Diem's government

What was the objective of the Strategic Hamlets Program?

Complete the following sentence. Under Kennedy, US troop numbers in Vietnam increased to ... 

The Vietcong were directed and funded by North Vietnam, supplied via secret jungle paths known as the {{  }} Trail. 

Which country was the first in the world to adopt a communist government?

The US established profitable trade deals with communist countries

The US fought alongside communists against Nazi Germany

No countries were communist during the Second World War

Why did anti-communist feeling in the US reduce during the Second World War?

Complete the sentence: The {{}} War began in 1950, when the communist North invaded the democratic South.

Where was the Conference held in 1954 that divided Vietnam temporarily into North and South?

Who was the unpopular prime minister of South Vietnam who persecuted Buddhists?

Which US president was the first to send aid and advisors to South Vietnam?

Starter Quiz