Across
- 4. massive surprise attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese towns and cities
- 7. Ohio university where National Guard opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam war on May 4, 1970 wounding 9 and killing 4
- 9. Vietnamese Communists
- 10. someone who supports the Vietnam War
- 11. Nixon's strategy for ending US involvement in Vietnam
- 15. toxic leaf killing chemical sprayed by U.S. planes to expose Vietcong hideouts
- 20. village where more than 200 unarmed civilians were massacred by US troops in May 1968
- 21. Anti-communist leader of South Vietnam
- 23. American commander in South Vietnam
- 24. South Vietnames soldiers that U.S. soldiers fought with against communist North Vietnam
- 25. president elected in 1968 who planned to withdraw troops from Vietnam
- 27. peace agreement that divided Vietnam into North Vietnam - Communist and South Vietnam - non-communist
Down
- 1. youth dominated political movement such as Students for a Democratic Society and the Free Speech Movement
- 2. someone who against the Vietnam War
- 3. South Vietnamese Communist who helped North Vietnam fight
- 5. moderate mainstream Americans who quietly supported Nixon's war policies
- 6. founder of the Indochinese Communist Party and helped form the Vietminh
- 8. gave president broad powers to wage war in Vietnam
- 12. Secretary of Defense under President Johnson
- 13. if one nation falls to Communism then near by nations will fall
- 14. a law enacted in 1973 limiting the president's right to send troops into battle without consulting Congress
- 16. gas used in bombs dropped by U.S. in Vietnam to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts
- 17. ran against Johnson on a platform to end the Vietnam War
- 18. trail used by the North Vietnamese to transport supplies to the Vietcong in South Vietnam
- 19. a public distrust of statements made by the government
- 22. 7,000 page document revealing US government had not been honest about its intentions in the Vietnam War
- 26. required enrollment in the armed forces