Causes of Vietnam War

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Across
  1. 1. How many years were the United States involved?
  2. 3. What was the spread of communism compared to?
  3. 4. Who was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
  4. 6. What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism?
  5. 7. Describe the type of military force President Kennedy sent to Vietnam
  6. 12. What had Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam after WWII?
  7. 13. What religious group did Diem not like?
  8. 15. What did the communists in the South call themselves?
Down
  1. 2. Who was the leader in the South that the people were unhappy with?
  2. 5. Which group of civilians wanted communism in the South due to poor conditions?
  3. 8. Which President sent a half a million US combat troops to Vietnam?
  4. 9. What was launched at the USS Destroyer Ship Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin?
  5. 10. The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War.
  6. 11. What political affiliations did North Vietnam have?
  7. 14. Who was afraid that Communism would spread into South Vietnam?