Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (also known as Second Indochina War or American War in Southest Asia) lasted from 1959 to 1975. It was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam . North Vietnam was supported by the USSR, China and North Korea, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States with its allies South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zeland and the Philippines. This conflict between communists and pro-American countries was part of the Cold War.

Background and causes

Before World War II, Vietnam was part of the French colony of Indochina. During World War II, the Japanese occupied Indochina. When the French attempted to take back control after the Japanese surrendered, they were opposed by a Vietnamese army called the Vietminh. The Vietminh had been founded in 1941 by the communist party and was led by Hồ Chí Minh. In July 1954, France and the Vietminh signed the Geneva Peace Accord. The Vietminh became the government of North Vietnam while anti-communist Vietnamese, especially Catholics, "regrouped" in the South under the leadership of Bao Dai, a former emperor of Vietnam who had abdicated in 1945.

The United States backed the anti-communist government in South Vietnam. It began to send military advisers to help train and support the South Vietnamese army. The South was fighting the Viet Cong, which began a campaign of assassination in 1957. In 1959, North Vietnam dramatically increased its military assistance to the Vietcong, which then began attacking South Vietnamese military units.

The industrial revolution

Some exercise:
1- Complete this table comparing the first and second industrial revolution:

2- Visit this web-site and find out more about children life in Victoria times, during the industrial revolution:
· Introduction
In Victoria´s times there were big differences in homes, schools, toys and entertainments. No TV, no computers, no central heating, no cars (until the last few years of Victoria's reign). No air travel - unless you went up in a balloon! Many children went to work, not to school. Welcome to the Victorian world. It's time to find out how children (your great-great-great-grandparents perhaps!) lived more than a hundred years ago.
· What jobs did children do?
Children worked on farms, in homes as servants, and in factories. Children often did jobs that required small size and nimble fingers. But they also pushed heavy coal trucks along tunnels in coal mines. Boys went to sea, as boy-sailors, and girls went 'into service' as housemaids. Children worked on city streets, selling things such as flowers, matches and ribbons. Crossing boys swept the roads clean of horse-dung and rubbish left by the horses that pulled carts and carriages
· Where did Victorian children play?
Although many children worked in Victorian times, they still had time to play.
Outdoors, most Victorian children played in the street or in the fields and woods. Not many families had gardens big enough to play in, and there were no children's playgrounds. Rich families had playrooms or nurseries, but poorer children played wherever they could find space. With ten or more children often crammed into one or two rooms, play-space for poor families was a luxury. Playing outside was the usual escape.
· Books for children
Victorian children were often given books with improving moral lessons, about characters with names like Lazy Lawrence and Simple Susan.
3-Watch this video of modern times film, what do you think that Charles Chaplin want to say?
Charles Chaplin wants to say the industrialization move on quickly.

Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large teamwork to the process of invention invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. Edison's Menlo Park laboratory complex is said to live on in California's "invention factory" at Silicon Valley.
Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He is credited with numerous inventions that contributed to mass communication and in particular telecommunications. One of the most popular invention was the telegraph operator. Edison originated the concept and implementation of electric-power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories – a crucial development in the modern industrialized world. His first power station was on Manhattan Island New York.
Edison´s invents:

Week exercise. Make a graph.

Table 4. Growth of the Cotton Industry in Selected Countries.
The country with more industries of cotton was Great Britain and increase from 1834 to 1913. Great Britain was the country more development at the time. The country with more industries of cotton after Great Britain was Germany. Then Russia started the industries of cotton until 1840. The countries with less cotton industries were France, Austria, Belgium.