Causes of Vietnam War
Across
- 4. Who was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
- 5. Ho Chi Minh was the leader of the ________, a resistance army which fought for Vietnamese independence.
- 6. Peace Treaty that was discussed in 1954.
- 8. Who was the US secretary of defense at the time?
- 10. The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War.
- 14. What does NLF stand for?
- 15. Describe the type of military force President Kennedy sent to Vietnam.
Down
- 1. South Vietnam was a capitalist republic led by
- 2. The US Congress gave President Lyndon Johnson permission to wage war on who?
- 3. What US navy destroyer was attacked by North Vietnamese boats?
- 7. Before World War Two Vietnam had been part of the ______ Empire
- 9. What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism?
- 11. Which President sent a half a million US combat troops to Vietnam?
- 12. After World War Two Ho Chi Minh captured _____ in 1945.
- 13. The French were defeated by the Vietminh here in 1954