ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK
• Write up to 3 things that you can do to improve your performance in History assessments…
• … & up to 3 things that I can do to help you learn more effectively. (This could be e.g. the type of tasks / work we do in lessons, the homework that I set you, etc.)
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Never ever write in bullets apart from 4 mark questions (& if you are running out of
time)…
The Vietnam War 1961/2/3/4/5-
1975
• The Vietnam war was another example of the US policy of CONTAINMENT.
• The US fought with anti-Communists in South Vietnam to defeat the Communists under Ho Chi Minh in North Vietnam.
• Ultimately the US were unsuccessful and left Vietnam in 1973.
• Two years later, in 1975, the Communists had control of all of Vietnam.
Some facts…
• 2 million Vietnamese killed (pop 40m in 1960)• 60,000 US soldiers killed• More bombs dropped on N. Vietnam by US than
on Japan & Germany in all of World War 2!• 2/3 of US soldiers were volunteers; 1/3 were
conscripted• Av. age of a US soldier was 22 (in WW2 it was 26)• 86% of US soldiers killed were white; 12.5% were
black
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