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Section III (Peace and Conflict): Conflict in Indochina 1954-1979
Quick questions on Anti-war movement and media: HSC Modern History Indochina
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What is the American movement?Show answer
The anti-war movement in the United States emerged from the student left, civil rights activism, and pacifist traditions. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Vietnam Day Committee organised teach-ins from March 1965; the University of Michigan teach-in (24 to 25 March 1965) drew 3,000.
What is the movement's impact?Show answer
The movement did not in itself end the war. The DRV's strategy and the South Vietnamese collapse in 1975 ended it. The movement did:
What is q1?Show answer
Source A is John Filo's photograph from Kent State (4 May 1970). Using Source A and your own knowledge, explain the impact of media on the anti-war movement. [5 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Evaluate the extent to which the anti-war movement shaped US withdrawal from Vietnam. [25 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Compare the views of Tom Wells and Peter Edwards on the anti-war movement in the US and Australia. [10 marks]
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