VIETNAM WAR

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Across
  1. 2. President who sent large numbers of troops to Vietnam
  2. 5. Votes planned for 1956 to choose Vietnam’s leader
  3. 6. President who reduced troop levels and expanded the war
  4. 7. Soldiers sent by the United States to fight
  5. 8. Neighboring country secretly bombed during the war
  6. 12. Political system supported by North Vietnam
  7. 15. Deal reached in 1973 to end U.S. involvement
  8. 16. Country that controlled Vietnam before 1954
  9. 18. Type of warfare using surprise attacks
  10. 19. Southeast Asian country where the war took place
  11. 20. Leader of Vietnam’s independence movement
Down
  1. 1. Public demonstrations against the war
  2. 3. Communist rebel group in South Vietnam
  3. 4. U.S. policy aimed at stopping communism
  4. 9. Another country affected by Nixon’s expansion of the war
  5. 10. American military helpers sent to South Vietnam
  6. 11. Freedom from French rule gained in 1954
  7. 13. American naval ship reportedly attacked by North Vietnam
  8. 14. President who increased military advisers in Vietnam
  9. 17. Leader of South Vietnam supported by the United States