Vietnam War by Natalie Leonnig

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Across
  1. 4. massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities
  2. 7. Ohio university where National Guard opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam war on May 4, 1970 wounding 9 and killing 4
  3. 9. Vietnamese Communists
  4. 10. someone who supports the Vietnam War
  5. 11. Nixon's strategy for ending US involvement in Vietnam
  6. 15. toxic leaf killing chemical sprayed by U.S. planes to expose Vietcong hideouts
  7. 20. village where more than 200 unarmed civilians were massacred by US troops in May 1968
  8. 21. Anti-communist leader of South Vietnam
  9. 23. American commander in South Vietnam
  10. 24. South Vietnames soldiers that U.S. soldiers fought with against communist North Vietnam
  11. 25. president elected in 1968 who planned to withdraw troops from Vietnam
  12. 27. peace agreement that divided Vietnam into North Vietnam - Communist and South Vietnam - non-communist
Down
  1. 1. youth dominated political movement such as Students for a Democratic Society and the Free Speech Movement
  2. 2. someone who against the Vietnam War
  3. 3. South Vietnamese Communist who helped North Vietnam fight
  4. 5. moderate mainstream Americans who quietly supported Nixon's war policies
  5. 6. founder of the Indochinese Communist Party and helped form the Vietminh
  6. 8. gave president broad powers to wage war in Vietnam
  7. 12. Secretary of Defense under President Johnson
  8. 13. if one nation falls to Communism then near by nations will fall
  9. 14. a law enacted in 1973 limiting the president's right to send troops into battle without consulting Congress
  10. 16. gas used in bombs dropped by U.S. in Vietnam to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts
  11. 17. ran against Johnson on a platform to end the Vietnam War
  12. 18. trail used by the North Vietnamese to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam
  13. 19. a public distrust of statements made by the government
  14. 22. 7,000 page document revealing US government had not been honest about its intentions in the Vietnam War
  15. 26. required enrollment in the armed forces