Vietnam War

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Across
  1. 2. The belief that if South Vietnam fell to communism the rest of South East Asia would fall too
  2. 7. US President who promised to end the war with "peace and honor" and created the Vietnamization plan
  3. 10. April 1975, the capture of Saigon and the official end of the Vietnam War
  4. 13. A Resolution in which Lyndon B. Johnson was given full power to send more troops and aid to Vietnam
  5. 14. a highly flammable and gelatinous liquid used to burn the foliage in Vietnam
  6. 15. A plan by Richard Nixon to equip and train South Vietnamese forces while slowly withdrawing US troops
  7. 17. The US government called for the selection of men from ages 18-25 to serve in the Vietnam War
Down
  1. 1. Hero of the Vietnam war who saved 8 men while taking fire and was awarded the Medal of Honor
  2. 3. a surprise attack by the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong on the Vietnamese Lunar New Year
  3. 4. The ideology directly opposed to Democracy and capitalism. A "bad word"
  4. 5. US President who asked Congress for approval to allow all necessary measures to repel any armed attack
  5. 6. The difference in perception between the government and its people
  6. 8. US President who got the country involved in the Vietnam war. He believed in the Domino Theory.
  7. 9. Southern Vietnamese who joined the North Vietnamese communist to fight in the war.
  8. 11. a warfare tactic in which a smaller or rebel group take on a larger military using irregular fighting
  9. 12. An herbicide used to kill the foliage in Vietnam in order for US troops to navigate easier
  10. 16. A movement in the US in which people rallied, protested, and burned draft cards to show disapproval of the Vietnam War