Vietnam War Years
Across
- 4. toxic chemical used by U.S. to expose Vietcong hideouts
- 5. substance used in bombs to burn jungles and expose Vietcong hideouts
- 7. replaced Robert McNamara as secretary of defense
- 10. gave the president power to wage war in Vietnam
- 11. place where four people were killed due a student protest that led to a burning of a building
- 15. required enrollment in the Military
- 16. Johnson's vice president that ran in the 1968 elections
- 19. South Vietnamese communists who supported the North
- 20. village in South Vietnam where people including woman and children were massacred by U.S. troops
- 24. person who supported the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and that they should increase their military involvement
- 25. group that wanted individual freedom and responsibility during the 1960s
- 31. divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
- 32. French outpost in Northwestern Vietnam
- 33. president after 1968 elections that began to withdraw troops from Vietnam
- 35. anti-communist southern Vietnam leader
Down
- 1. name for Nixon's supporters who quietly supported his war policies
- 2. plan to end war in Vietnam declaring gradual withdraw of troops
- 3. that opposed Vietnam War and thought the U.S. should withdraw
- 6. explained that once one country fell to communism those around it would too
- 8. South Vietnam soldiers who fought with U.S. troops against communism
- 9. document that revealed the U.S. was not honest about their intentions in the Vietnam War
- 12. political movement of the 1960s
- 13. organization that wanted Vietnam independence
- 14. national security adviser during Nixon's presidency who helped invent a plan to end the Vietnam War
- 17. paths used to transport supplies to South Vietnam
- 18. surprise attack by Vietcong on South Vietnam
- 21. decided not to run in the 1968 elections
- 22. Act law that limited the president's right to to send troops into battle without consenting Congress
- 23. American general who continuously asked for more troops
- 25. Mission raid on South Vietnamese village trying to find Vietcong relations within
- 26. organization founded after a clash between students and administrators at the University of California at Berkeley
- 27. original secretary of defense during Vietnam Era and president Johnson's presidency
- 28. ran against President Johnson in 1968 elections to end war in Vietnam
- 29. public distrust of government statements
- 30. secretary of state during Vietnam Era and president Johnson's presidency
- 34. North Vietnamese communist leader