VietnamWar

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Across
  1. 2. Incident led the U.S. to escalate military action
  2. 4. 1968 surprise attack by North Vietnamese forces that shook U.S. confidence.
  3. 5. Asian country that also backed North Vietnam with supplies and troops.
  4. 6. Americans who supported war, wanted military action
  5. 7. Demilitarized Zone, a buffer zone that separates possible hostile or untrusted entities
  6. 9. Communist superpower that supported North Vietnam.
  7. 10. Sourh Vietnam army supported by the U.S
  8. 13. U.S supported region opposed communism
  9. 15. President who introduced “Vietnamization” and withdrew U.S. troops.
  10. 18. Leader of north Vietnam, symbolizing communism
  11. 19. Toxic herbicide used to destroy forests and crops in Vietnam.
  12. 21. President who escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin.
Down
  1. 1. 1954 battle, French defeated by Vietnamese forces.
  2. 3. U.S bombing campaignn against North vietnam
  3. 7. Americans who opposed Vietnam war, wanted peace
  4. 8. Communist-led region
  5. 11. communist-led guerrilla in south Vietnam
  6. 12. Capital of South Vietnam, fell in 1975, marking the war’s end.
  7. 14. U.S. president who increased military advisors in Vietnam.
  8. 16. Flammable chemical weapon used by the U.S.
  9. 17. Economic system gov controls all property and production.
  10. 20. Decades-long tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.