Topic 10: The Vietnam War

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Across
  1. 2. 1962 conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union resulting from the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba
  2. 4. The last Vietnamese city to fall to the Viet Cong before unification
  3. 10. communist assault on a large number of South Vietnamese cities in early 1968
  4. 11. jellied gasoline dropped in canisters that explode on impact and cover large areas in flame; dropped by U.S. planes during the Vietnam War
  5. 12. From 1964 to 1968, was the commander of U.S. forces in the Vietnam War. He had previously served in World War II and the Korean War.
  6. 15. this country colonized much of Indochina before being forced to leave
  7. 17. person who opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
  8. 18. defense policy allowing for the appropriate action in any type of conflict
  9. 22. was a Communist Party leader who served as premier of the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1964. Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis, but lost power soon afterwards.
  10. 23. dividing wall built by East Germany in 1961 to isolate West Berlin from communist-controlled East Berlin
  11. 24. Anticommunist leader of South Vietnam who was a Roman Catholic and corrupt, eventually assassinated in a coup
  12. 25. direct telephone line between the White House and the Kremlin set up after the Cuban Missile Crisis
  13. 27. village in South Vietnam where in 1968 American forces opened fire on unarmed civilians; U.S. soldiers killed between 400 and 500 Vietnamese
  14. 30. person who supported U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
  15. 31. Nixon wanted to win this group that included the unyoung, unblack, and unpoor
  16. 32. was an assassinated antiwar candidate for the 1968 Democratic Party presidential nomination
  17. 33. one of the most influential anticolonial leaders in Asia. He led North Vietnam's fight to reunify North and South Vietnam, serving as president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) from 1945 to 1969.
  18. 36. a young American man drafted into military service
  19. 37. The belief that if one Southeast Asian country fell to communism, that others would fall as well.
  20. 38. the supply route that the North used to resupply the Viet Cong
Down
  1. 1. 1973 law passed by Congress restricting the President's war-making powers; the law requires the President to consult with Congress before committing American forces to a foreign conflict
  2. 3. A sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam to prevent the North from resupplying the Viet Cong
  3. 5. 1964 congressional resolution that authorized President Johnson to commit U.S. troops to South Vietnam to fight a war against North Vietnam
  4. 6. 1963 nuclear-weapons agreement that banned aboveground nuclear tests
  5. 7. Ho Chi Minh compared his troops to this, being an agile animal
  6. 8. classified U.S. government study that revealed American leaders involved the United States in Vietnam without fully informing the American people; leaked to the New York Times in 1971
  7. 9. South Vietnamese communist rebels who waged a guerrilla war against the government of South Vietnam throughout the Vietnam War
  8. 13. American public's growing distrust of statements made by the government during the Vietnam War
  9. 14. Winner of the 1968 presidential election who promised to leave Vietnam
  10. 15. leader of the Cuban Revolution that made Cuba communist
  11. 16. President Kennedy's program that gave economic aid to Latin America
  12. 19. most people learned of the Vietnam War through TV and the news, making this the first what
  13. 20. 1973 Peace agreement between the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Vietcong that effectively ended the Vietnam War
  14. 21. President Nixon's plan for gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces as South Vietnamese troops assumed more combat duties
  15. 26. was an antiwar candidate for the 1968 Democratic Party presidential nomination
  16. 28. Secretary of Defense who believed America needed to increase presence in Vietnam and that the war should be Americanized
  17. 29. Nixon bombed this country hoping that it would break a stalemate and increase American position during negotiations
  18. 34. American government organization that sends volunteers to provide technical, educational, and medical services to developing countries
  19. 35. failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles