The Anti-Vietnam Movement
Policies and Alliances
Communism
Australia and the Vietnam War
Origins of the Vietnam War
100

During which year did Australian soldiers return from Vietnam?

1972

100
True or False? During the Vietnam War, Australia was an ally of the USA.
True.
100
What is communism?
An economic system in which the state controls the means of production, distribution and exchange.
100

This famous Australian political figure led the Labor Party and was a critic of Australian involvement in the Vietnam War, later becoming the 21st Prime Minister of Australia in 1972.

Gough Whitlam

100

This post-WWII geopolitical tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union played a major backdrop role in the escalation of the Vietnam War.

What is the Cold War?

200

This term referred to the process of choosing young Australian men by a lottery system to serve in the Vietnam War.

Conscription or the National Service Scheme

200
Explain the domino theory.
Countries of S.E. Asia were like dominoes and if one fell to communism, the others would too.
200

The main name for the communist forces during the Vietnam War

Viet Cong

200

Australian troops played a significant role in this 1966 battle, which was the largest unit-level action of the war for Australian forces.

What is the Battle of Long Tan?

200

After World War II, this European power tried to regain control of Vietnam, leading to the First Indochina War.

What is France?

300

This protest, held in major cities across Australia in 1970, was the largest public demonstration against the Vietnam War.

Moratorium marches

300
What is the ANZUS pact?
An anti-communist alliance formed between Australia, New Zealand and the USA in 1951.
300

Leader of the communist North Vietnam during most of the Vietnam War

Ho Chi Minh.

300

Leader of the opposition when Menzies announced Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War

Arthur Calwell

300

This 1954 agreement temporarily divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel and set the stage for national elections which never took place.

What is the Geneva Accords?

400

This song became an anthem for the anti-Vietnam movement in Australia, penned by John Schumann and performed by Redgum.

"I Was Only 19"

400
What is SEATO?
SEATO stands for South-East Treaty Organisation, an anti-communist treaty linking USA, Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand since 1954.
400
Name three countries that currently identify as communist?
China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam.
400
What was the name of the Australian Prime Minister who committed Australian troops to the Vietnam war?
Robert Menzies
400

This Southern Vietnamese leader, backed by the U.S., refused to hold unifying elections and became increasingly autocratic, leading to his assassination in 1963.

Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?

500

This Australian anti-conscription group, formed in 1965, was primarily composed of mothers and aimed to oppose the conscription of their sons for military service in the Vietnam War.

"Save Our Sons"

500

This Cold War policy, embraced by Australia, was based on the belief that it was better to confront and halt the spread of communism in Southeast Asia than wait for it to reach Australian shores.

What is "forward defence"?

500
South Vietnamese peoples that collaborated with the United States during the war were placed in this location by the North, once the war was over.

What are re-education camps?

500

Approximately how many Australians served in the Vietnam War?

Approx 60,000

500

The decisive battle that ended France's presence in Vietnam

What is Dien Bien Phu?

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