Across
- 1. the involuntary selection of men aged 18-26 to go to war
- 3. the corrupt leader of Southern Vietnam
- 6. LBJ said that North Vietnam had attacked US ships in the Tonkin Gulf, and LBJ received full control of army
- 8. communist leader of Northern Vietnam
- 10. a failed invasion by the US attempting to assassinate Castro
- 11. president who is known for worsening the situation in Vietnam
- 14. research released that showed LBJ's true purpose for involvement in Vietnam and Indochina
- 16. Cuban leader who overthrew previous dictator in a communist revolution
- 20. the idea that if one country falls to communism, they'll all fall
- 21. chemical weapons that many citizens objected to that caused horrific lasting damage
- 22. the law that checks the presidents' power to send the country to war
Down
- 2. the president during the end of the Vietnam war
- 4. the path that made it possible for communist countries to get soldiers and supplies into southern Vietnam
- 5. youngest elected president
- 7. explosion in population during the 50's and 60's
- 9. the UN decided that France had to leave Vietnam
- 12. 4 college students shot and killed while burning army recruitment building in protest of the war
- 13. Nixon's plan to end US involvement in Vietnam by training South Vietnamese soldiers
- 15. southern Vietnamese who supported communism
- 17. US and USSR on brink of nuclear warfare when USSR puts missiles in Cuba
- 18. a massacre of 250 Vietnamese men, women, and children in My Lai
- 19. US attacked Vietcong and north Vietnam - was a military win but a political loss