Vietnam Review Crossword

3. This law prevented future presidents from getting America involved in a war without the support of Congress.
6. This surprise attack by the North Vietnamese was in part the reason why America decided to ultimately withdrew from Vietnam.
8. These types of attacks involve many surprise tactics, such as ambush and hand-to-hand combat.
9. President who encouraged the use of "advisors" in Vietnam. He was assassinated within 3 years of taking office.
12. The economic system used in North Vietnam.
15. The name given to the French colony that would eventually become Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
17. Incident that later turned out to be false although Johnson never admitted it. In fact, he used this event as an excuse to increase American participation.
18. Part of the problem in the Vietnam War was that the US refused to fight in the _________ because they didn't want to cause WWIII with the Soviet Union.

1. An herbicide used to destroy foliage so Americans could detect movement from the sky.
2. The belief that if one country "falls" to communism, others in the area would too.
4. Last name only of the South Vietnamese leader, who was largely disliked by his people due to corruption.
5. President who ran on a campaign that promised to withdraw US troops from Vietnam.
6. The Vietnam War was nicknamed the 'living room' war because so many people were able to get information on the war from the _______________.
7. This man was responsible for releasing the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times, as well as other newspapers.
10. The leader of the Viet Cong.
11. An incendiary (lights on fire) chemical weapon that is very hard to put out and causes long-lasting damage.
13. The name given to the forced conscription of young men to fight in the Vietnam War.
14. President who used the Gulf of Tonkin incident to justify increasing the number of US troops on the ground.
16. This war in 1950 was part of the reason the US decided to get involved in Vietnam.