Vietnam War Years

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