Across
- 3. US bombing campaign against North Vietnam
- 5. Supply route through Laos and Cambodia
- 6. US tactic targeting Vietcong bases
- 7. Negotiations to end US involvement
- 9. American troops left Vietnam
- 12. Incident leading to major US escalation
- 15. Support for the war collapsed
- 18. Gave President Johnson power to wage war
- 20. Tactics that made US victory difficult
- 21. Chemical defoliant used to destroy jungle cover
- 22. Communist guerrilla fighters in the South
- 23. Major Vietcong attack that shocked the US public
Down
- 1. Belief that communism would spread across Asia
- 2. South Vietnam fell despite US efforts
- 4. Nixon’s policy of handing the war to South Vietnam
- 8. Growing distrust of government statements
- 10. US‑backed South Vietnamese government
- 11. War drained US resources
- 13. Incendiary weapon used in bombing raids
- 14. Television images influenced public attitudes
- 16. Communists captured the South
- 17. Large protests across the United States
- 19. US aim to stop communist expansion