Causes of Vietnam War

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Across
  1. 3. Which President sent a half a million US combat troops to Vietnam?
  2. 4. The peasants supported Vietminh and the ___.
  3. 7. Which religion was Diem against?
  4. 8. The leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance declared Vietnam independent after capturing which city?
  5. 10. What was the idea that if one country fell to communism, the others around it would fall as well.
  6. 12. What agreement stated the French would leave and that Vietnam would be split?
  7. 13. The attack in which US state caused the USA to escalate the war?
  8. 15. The conflict in Vietnam that developed following the French defeat can best be described as this type of War.
Down
  1. 1. What was the first Asian Nation to fall to Communism?
  2. 2. The second attack was not passed onto the _________.
  3. 5. Who were the South Vietnamese unhappy with?
  4. 6. The _____ faced attacks from within itself.
  5. 9. Who was the leader of the communist Vietnamese resistance movement?
  6. 11. Which part of Vietnam did the USA send supplies to?
  7. 14. Describe the type of military force President Kennedy sent to Vietnam.