Causes of the Vietnam War
Across
- 3. Who was the leader of South Vietnam at the start of the war?
- 4. What part of the world had been under Communist rule after World War II?
- 6. Describe the type of military force President Kennedy sent to Vietnam:
- 10. What USS ship was attacked in August 1964 off the coast of Vietnam?
- 12. Where was the split between North and South Vietnam?
- 14. Who was the leader of the US Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam war?
- 15. What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism
Down
- 1. Which country sent supplies to South Vietnam?
- 2. What were the South Vietnamese Communist troops called?
- 5. What religion did the majority of the Vietnamese follow?
- 7. The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War:
- 8. Who was the leader of the Communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
- 9. Where was the treaty between the French and Vietnamese signed?
- 11. What governmental system did South Vietnam peasants support?
- 13. Which President sent a half a million US combat troops to Vietnam?