Year 10 History Yearly Exam Revision 2024 PDF

YEAR 10 History YEARLY EXAMINATION REVISION EXAM DETAILS  Length: 1 hour  Examination = 100 marks  Part A (80 marks) = 80 multiple choice  Part B (20 marks) = 4 short response questions The short response questions will assess your ability to:...

YEAR 10 History YEARLY EXAMINATION REVISION EXAM DETAILS  Length: 1 hour  Examination = 100 marks  Part A (80 marks) = 80 multiple choice  Part B (20 marks) = 4 short response questions The short response questions will assess your ability to:  organise and communicate your knowledge and understanding effectively  support your ideas with relevant examples or evidence; and  use historical terms appropriately. Questions will be drawn from the following units of work: 1. Rights and Freedoms 2. Australia in the Vietnam War Era (Vietnam War and the 1960s)  1. RIGHTS and FREEDOMS – 30 MC Can you answer these questions (with relevant examples & using correct historical terms)?  How have the rights and freedoms of indigenous peoples in Australia changed during the post-war period?  How did the US Civil Rights Movement affect Australia? 5 mark Short answer. Find this information in USA Civil Rights Movement document, last page. Australia’s indigenous peoples found much to support and inspire them in the US Civil Rights Movement. Australia couldn’t ignore the attention this movement gained internationally. It brought to the attention of other Australians that people were discriminated against based on the colour of their skin. This wasn’t just happening in the USA, but also in Australia and it made people aware of this discrimination. They overserved the violence and frustrations that could result from rights not being addressed. Australian activists like the non-violent approach. This challenged them to make a difference in Australian for non-white people from the mid-1960’s YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT: 1. Change over time (what caused things to change or remain the same) a. Protectionism (including Paternalism) – placing Aboriginals on reserves and mission to keep them separate from white communities. b. Assimilation – the belief that one culture is superior to another. In this context, Aboriginals were required to become ‘similar’ to white communities. c. Integration – Aboriginals could still be part of their culture, while also adapting, to white ways. d. Self-determination – Aboriginals could control their destiny and have a say in government policies about them. 2. The influence of the United Nations on human rights It was set up after World War II; the Australian involved was Dr Herbert Vere Evatt; conventions and covenants from the UN that Australia has applied. 3. Early Aboriginal activism Aboriginals refer to European settlement as Invasion Day. The Day of Mourning if what Aboriginal people call Australia Day as it reflects their feelings of land being taken away. 4. Stolen Generations (what were their experiences – then and now) 5 mark short answer – loss of kinship and how children were taken by force as the government rationalised that parents were incapable of looking after their children and therefore they were neglected. Higher rates of alcoholism and depression separation from family; didn’t learn how to be parents themselves etc; Half-castes were targeted to make them white and forced assimilation was to wipe/breed out the Aboriginal race. a. Where were children placed? The kin ds of homes children were put in (i.e. boys and girls) and the goals of putting children in them. AO Neville was the  Chief Protector of Aboriginals in Western Australia. (Girls were Housewives. Boys were farmers and domestic jobs) 5. Events and issues (important developments and the significance for changing rights) a. 1965 Freedom Ride – events, why – raise awareness of discrimination against Aboriginal people in rural towns and try to redress it , outcome – Charles Perkins began the Freedom Ride in Asutralia in 1965; Walgett didn’t allow Aboriginal people who had served in WWI and WWII in their local RSL; after the ride, Perkins became involved in raising public awareness for Aboriginals and became a national role model and supported the 1967 referendum. b. 1967 Referendum – it was to include Aboriginal people in the census and the government to be able to make laws for them; areas with the largest Aboriginal population voted ‘no’; sections of the constitution to be changed were 51 and 127. c. Land Rights and Native Title – The Mabo case was significant because it brought the fore Aboriginal land rights and it was the first case Aboriginals won. The concept of terra nullius was overturned and meant that Aboriginal people could claim Native title land previously occupied since 1788; Native Title in the recognition of Indigenous peoples’ rights to land before 1788. d. Tent Embassy – The Tent Embassy was set up to publicise Aboriginal issues, particularly land rights. 6. Other Aboriginal things to learn The Racial Discrimination Act was set up in 1975 by the Whitlam Government in response to Aboriginal activists; Burnam Burnam went to England to sumbolically claim the land for his people; Bringing them Home was the report that the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission inquired into on Aboriginal rights. 7. The Civil Rights Movement in the United States 10 MC a. Why African Americans were fighting for freedom – they were against Jim Crow laws. b. Raising Awareness – through marches, boycotts, court cases etc.; Rosa Parkes refused to moved seats on a bus and that sparked the Civil Rights Movement c. Freedom Rides – why, main events, outcome – 1961 to bring international media attention to the plight of African Americans; Alabama was not a nice place; public transport was eventually desegregated in the south as a result. d. African Americans who fought for civil rights – Martin Luther King Jr had a March on Washington in August 1963; the KKK were bad; the Civil Rights Movement was against using violence. Revision: Class Pages documents - Government Policies - Civil Rights 1960s Australia - The UN and the UDHR - Land Rights and Mabo - Early Aboriginal Activism - The Civil Rights Movement in the - The Stolen Generations USA - The 1965 Freedom Ride Australia AUSTRALIA IN THE VIETNAM WAR ERA Can you answer these questions (with relevant examples & using correct historical terms)?  How did the Australian government respond to the threat of communism after WWII?  Why did Australia become involved in the Vietnam War? Fear of communism and commitment to alliances  How did various groups respond to Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War? Save our Sons and the moratorium movement  What was the impact of the war on Australia?  What have been the major changes in technology in the post war period (housing, home appliances, communications etc.)?  What have been the major social and cultural features of the 1960s? 20 MC on Vietnam YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT: 1. Key events and developments in relation to: a. The Cold War – the superpowers after WWII were the USA and the USSR b. In 1949 China had a civil war that ended in a communist victory c. Korean war – 1950-1953 d. ANZUS Treaty – was signed in 1951 e. SEATO Alliance – was signed in 1954 f. Went to Vietnam - 1962 2. The threat of communism WITHIN Australia (Australia’s response) – they were not concerned about the Cuban Missile Crisis as it did not relate to Australia. a. Political parties in Australia at the time – Robert Menzies oversaw the Liberal Party and Herbert Evatt was leader of the Labor Party. b. Referendum to ban the Communist Party – it was rejected by a marrow majority because people thought that it was unconstitutional to outlaw peoples’ beliefs. c. The Petrov Affair – A Russian man named Vladmir Petrov wanted political asylum in Australia. A result of him claiming there was a communist spy ring in Australia, was a Royal Commission on Espionage. 3. Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War (and reasons for involvement) – Vietnam was divided on the 17th parallel between the North and the South, There was a fear of communism taking over the world. a. Political party in power when troops went to Vietnam – Liberal at the time and Labor ended it. Lyndon Baines Johnson (President of the USA) came to visit Australia during the Vietnam War. b. Australia’s major battle while in Vietnam – The Battle of Long Tan in August 1966.  c. Australia’s final withdrawal from the war – 1972 troops started to be withdrawn following the US troops out of Vietnam. 4. Reasons for differing views of Vietnam War – people were really against conscription. a. Moratorium movement and SOS (Save Our Sons) – Moratorium marches in 1970 were anti-war protest marches. SOS was an organisation run by mothers who were against conscription. 5. The impact of the Vietnam War on: a. Vietnam veterans and families – the veterans were generally angrier at life than other Asutralians and had higher rates of despression and alcoholism. They were not treated fairly by the government on their return and many had PTSD and bad medical issues from the war. The Vietnam Veteran Welcome Home parade was not until 1987. 1960s booklet – 20 MC on 1960s 6. Changing technology – the impact of the main technological changes over time a. Housing – has become less conventical over time and added architectural features due to immigration. b. Home appliances – There are more of them for every possible situation in the household as technology has advanced. c. Entertainment – Homicide was a famous Australian TV show; Bob Dylan’s music was folk and about social change. 2. The 1960s (fashion, music, entertainment, sport, UK and USA influences on pop culture) a. Main social and cultural features – a baby boom took place after WWII as the Depression was also over. The war and immigration also played a role. The hippie movement rejected the conservative life of older generations. b. Main influences of Britain and USA on pop culture (music and fashion) – Jean Shrimpton was a British supermodel who wore a mini dress to the Melbourne Cup; the beehive hairstyle became popular; The Beatles’ last album was called ‘Abbey Road’; the Rolling Stones were the kinds of men that women could not take home to meet their parents; Mary Quant made very expensive clothes; I Love Lucy was a famous US TV show. c. The impact of the 1960s in shaping Australian identity d. Sport Revision: Class Pages documents – World Communism and the Cold War – Crushing the Communists – Why did Australia fight in Vietnam? – Australia Divided – Vietnam Veterans – 1960s Booklet Short Answer questions – 5 marks each -The stolen Generation (why) and then the impact this had on the people involved. - US Civil Rights affecting Australia - Opposition to the Vietnam War and why it increased. -1960s USA music influence of Australian music (beach boys, foic music, ) MULTIPLE CHOICE  This is where you can blitz the exam because the answers are given to you  Especially where there is a source document with related questions – take your time to think about it because the answer should be right there in front of you!  Read the question CAREFULLY and then RE-READ the question CAREFULLY  Read each answer option CAREFULLY  Cross-reference questions you are unsure of with other questions that are on the same topic/subject – the answer maybe given elsewhere in the paper SHORT ANSWER  Read the questions CAREFULLY  Answer the question SPECIFICALLY – don’t write about the topic generally (eg. everything you know about Vietnam): Relate what you know about the topic directly to the question being asked of you  Don’t make stuff up!!! Especially if you are being asked to interpret or analyse a source document – look at what is ACTUALLY in front of you, not what you think SHOULD be there  Think about your answers and write them down in logical, coherent sentences related specifically to the question  If you are running out of time make a few quick dot points relevant to the question. You can’t get less than zero so HAVE A GO!!!  Finally, if you have time, go back over your multiple choice answers. Fix the ones you think might be incorrect and guess the ones you don’t know.