Across
- 4. What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism?
- 5. The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War?
- 7. Who was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
- 8. Which President sent a half a million US combat troops to Vietnam?
- 9. What did they call communism spreading from one country to the next?
- 10. What country was afraid of the spread of communism?
- 11. Who did many of the Vietnamese people support?
- 14. What agreement was made when Vietnam was split at the 17th parallel?
- 15. Who was causing the attack on the South?
Down
- 1. Who was the US secretary of defense during the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
- 2. In which attack did the US have an excuse to escalate a war?
- 3. Describe the type of military force President Kennedy sent to Vietnam?
- 6. Who led the capitalist republic in south vietnam?
- 12. What type of government did the peasants want?
- 13. What Vietnamese leader hated buddhism?