Vietnam III

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Across
  1. 3. Lyndon B. _____ became president after JFK was shot. Despite promises to bring quick end to US involvement in Indochina, he increased numbers of troops to Vietnam, hoping for US victory before withdrawing
  2. 4. A government study of US involvement in Southeast Asia.
  3. 6. Political term describing public doubt about statements and policies on Vietnam War. The "gap" refers to the difference between what was really happening in the war and what the government and politicians were saying about it.
  4. 7. A collection of Vietnamese villages where a platoon of American soldiers brutally killed between 200 and 500 unarmed civilians.
  5. 8. A military campaign during the war that was launched by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the US and their allies; consisted of surprise attacks launched against command centers throughout South Vietnam during a time when no attacks were supposed to take place.
  6. 10. A radical group of college students who protested the Vietnam War.
  7. 12. US President who followed Johnson; initially escalated US involvement in Vietnam but later ended it in 1973.
  8. 13. A university where four students who were protesting the war were killed by National Guard units; done to try to put an end to further protests.
  9. 14. Name given to people who supported the Vietnam War.
Down
  1. 1. Killing of political leaders; the ________ of JFK, MLK and RFK were thought by many Americans to be conspiracies, and many citizens began doubting what the government was telling them about it.
  2. 2. Because of Tet Offensive, Nixon administration created this policy to "expand, equip and train" South Vietnam forces to increase their role in combat while at the same time reducing numbers of US troops in combat; meant to make South Vietnam more responsible and to remove US troops.
  3. 5. Where men were chosen at random to join the military; the 1969 "lottery" encouraged resentment of the war.
  4. 9. "Protest _________ Movements" on campus of University of California, Berkeley; students insisted their university lift the ban on political activities and give them their right to free speech.
  5. 11. Name given to people who wanted the US involvement in Vietnam to end.