Vietnam War

2. supporters of communism in S Vietnam during the Vietnam War
4. the last of 5 US presidents during the Vietnam War
9. writing by Karl Marx (founder of communism); spells out basic principles of communism
11. ______ ________ (League) - group of revolutionaries in the Vietnamese independence movement; led by Ho Chin Minh
12. warfare type / strategy used by N Vietnam during the Vietnam War; involved sneak attacks and quick retreats after initial attacks
13. founder/creator of communism
15. European country that had colonial control of Vietnam
17. the first of 5 US presidents during the Vietnam War
18. the area S of China that included modern day Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand; the French controlled much of it in the early 1900’s

1. in words, the date for end of US involvement in the Vietnam War
3. communist leader of the Vietnamese independence movement and the Viet Minh during the Vietnam War
5. the concern that the US had that if one country in Asia became communist, so would others nearby
6. economic system in which wealth is to distributed equally and there in no private property
7. ______ Peace Accords - agreement ending US involvement in Vietnam War; afterwards, the N took control of the S
8. in words, the date for the start of US involvement in the Vietnam War
9. in addition to the Soviet Union, they they supported the communist north Vietnamese
10. supported democracy / S Vietnam
14. _______ Parallel - the line of latitude (North) that was used to divide Vietnam after the French and Vietnamese reached an end to their conflict
16. the US policy of trying to keep communism where it already was