research into the Vietnam War focused on the American Involvement and the reasons for the US’ engagement in the country. This investigation aimed to develop a deeper understanding of what actions America took while it was involved in Vietnam. In addition this researched explored how successive US Presidents responded to the Vietnam War. 1. Why did the American government become involved in Vietnam? 2. What were the steps/stages of America’s involvement? What happened? 3. How did successive Presidents…
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2.WHY WERE WE IN VIETNAM? WRITE A COHERENT ESSAY EXPLAINING AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. PLEASE USE MATERIAL FROM O‘ BRIEN, LECTURES, THE TEXT AND HEARTS & MINDS. The end of World War II brought many changes to the United States. Some were domestic, like the end of the economic depression through the construction of factories for war supplies and by extension the creation of more jobs. Some of the biggest changes that had long-lasting effects, however, were at the international level…
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Topic 5 – Australia in the Vietnam Era Responses to communism: How did Australia respond to the threat of communism after World War II? (Syllabus Question) Australia’s response to the threat of communism in Asia after WWII included: Korean War ANZUS Treaty (1951) SEATO Alliance (1954) Australia’s response to the threat of communism within Australia included: Referendum to ban Communist Party Petrov Affair The background to communism after 1945: After WWII, a new conflict arose called the Cold War:…
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Vietnam War and New Zealand’s involvement Kathryn Butcher The New Zealand’s contribution of military personnel and the involvement in the Vietnam War caused a significant division amongst the nation’s people with people having opposing opinions on whether New Zealand’s response was justified. The Vietnam War was essentially a civil war between the divided South Vietnam and North Vietnam and the two…
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1975, The United States was involved in The Vietnam War, the longest ever fought by the United States. This war was a struggle of power between North Vietnam, which was supported by its communist allies, and South Vietnam, which was backed by the United States. To this day, the involvement of the United States in Vietnam remains a topic of great debate. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact origin and reason for the US intervention in Vietnam. Vietnam was previously a French Colony. However, France…
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brought the brutality of the war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America – not on the battlefields of Vietnam.’ (Marshall McLuhan, 1975). What evidence exists to demonstrate that the American media coverage of the Vietnam War influenced its outcome? There are only two comprehensive inferences that can be drawn upon when assessing the impact and legacy of the reporting of the Vietnam War on America and its media; the impact was enormous and its legacy…
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reasons for Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War Source C Australia sent combat troops to Vietnam in 1965, many of the troops had been conscripted into the armed forces, not volunteering to fight. Almost 60,000 Australians, including ground troops and air force and navy personnel, served in Vietnam; 521 died as a result of the war and over 3,000 were wounded. Conscripted: People who have no choice but to enlist, or be sent to jail. Australian support for South Vietnam in the early 1960s…
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Unit 12: Civil Rights and Vietnam Chapter 29.1: Taking on Segregation KEY TERMS Brown v. Board of Education NOTE TAKING AREA ● In this case, the father of eightyearold Linda Brown had charged the board of education of Topeka, Kansas, with violating Linda’s rights by denying her admission to an allwhite elementary school four blocks from her house. The nearest allblack elementary school was 21 blocks away. ● In a landmark verdict the Supreme Court struck down school segregation as a slam on the 14th…
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the Vietnam War, unreliable foreign policy, and economic crisis. Therefore, many Americans lost all faith in their government on November 4, 1979 when report came that the American Iranian embassy had been overrun. This lack of trust is referred to as the “credibility gap”, but after ten years, this gap had grown into a gorge that many believed was not fillable. America’s response to the Iranian hostage crisis was forged from the domestic matter of an energy crisis and the foreign involvement inside…
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would have a chain reaction turning many more, the United States turned to a policy of ‘containment’. This policy was tested in the Korean War and would be again tested in the Vietnam War. Starting as a War with the communist North Vietnam against South Vietnam and the French,…
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