Cold War
The belief that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow
What is the Domino Theory?
This weapon was used to help remove landscape and scrub at villages and during search and destroy missions
What is napalm?
What is Agent Orange?
Australia got involved without an alliance
What is the Korean war?
An ongoing national process that aims to strengthen relationships, trust, and respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the broader non-Indigenous community
What is reconciliation?
The fear of Asian Communism
What is Yellow Peril
Attack and retreat strategy used by the Vietcong to entice soldiers to follow and then be struck with booby traps
What is Guerilla Warfare?
The closest event to Nuclear war during the Cold war
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Media designed to influence public opinion, beliefs, or behavior
What is propaganda?
1000 troops
What is the total Federal troops sent into Little Rock Central Highschool?
1951
When was ANZUS signed?
Offensive military operations undertaken by United States combat units in Vietnam to find and neutralize the enemy, especially when the enemy's strength and disposition had not been fixed precisely.
What are Search and Destroy Missions?
A company of American soldiers brutally killed mostly women, children, and the elderly in this village on March 16, 1968
What is My Lai?
Point, Example, Explanation and Link
What is PEEL?
Indigenous Australians would be included in the census and federal laws would be made for Indigenous Australians rather than by state or territory.
What is the result of the 1967 Referendum?
When two countries get involved in 'hot' conflict backing other nations but never directly declare war on one another
What is a proxy war?
Providing food, resources and Medical Aid during the Vietnam war to help create a bond with American and its Allies soldiers
What is winning the hearts and minds?
Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford
What were the 5 presidents of America during the Vietnam war?
Completing the 10 mark question first, then short answer and then multiple choice
What is exam strategy?
To protest for better living conditions, equal pay to non Indigenous Australians and land rights
What is the 1966 Wave Hill Walkoff?
South East Asian Treaty Organisation
What is SEATO?
The battle that has been coined the 'Gallipoli' of the Vietnam war as it showed the strength and perseverance of ANZAC soldiers during the Vietnam War
What is the Battle of Long Tan?
A total of 521 Australians
What is the total death toll of Australian Soldiers during the Vietnam war?
A total of 340 Australians
What is the total death toll of Australians who fought in the Korean War?
William Mcmahon said that land rights would threaten the tenure of Every Australian
What is the cause of the erection of the tent embassy in 1972?