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Year 11

USA: how did US policy towards Vietnam change?

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  • Warfare and conflict

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In this unit, pupils analyse the ways in which US policy in Vietnam changed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They learn about the expansion of the war into neighbouring Cambodia and Laos and the growing opposition to the war at home in the USA.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of America's early involvement in Vietnam that they developed in the previous key stage 4 unit. It prepares pupils for the next unit, where knowledge of how American involvement in Vietnam increased in the mid 1960s helps them to understand why peace was finally agreed in the mid 1970s.

  1. The effect of Vietnamisation on US policy in Vietnam
  2. The expansion of the war into Cambodia, Laos and North Vietnam, 1969-1972
  3. Opposition to the Vietnam War in the US
  4. Support for the Vietnam War in the US
  5. Changing US policy in Vietnam, 1969-1972

  • Pupils know that the US became involved in Vietnam in the 1950s.
  • Pupils know that the US government said they were involved to protect South Vietnam.
  • Pupils know that not all Americans supported US involvement in Vietnam.
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