Vietnam War Review Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Republican candidate for President in 1968 who took advantage of Democratic division following the death of RFK
  2. 5. A large attack launched by Vietcong against US forces in the South
  3. 8. The Twenty-Six amendment was passed in the wake of the Vietnam War, lowering the voting age from Twenty-One to__________
  4. 11. During a protest at __________ University 4 college students were killed by national guardsmen
  5. 15. The plan to gradually withdraw US troops from Vietnam and replace them with trained Vietnamese soldiers
  6. 17. A heavy US bombing campaign in North Vietnam
  7. 18. Congress gave President John broad war powers after the attack on the USS Maddox
  8. 19. Democratic President of South Vietnam who was assassinated in 1963
Down
  1. 1. This type of terrain and climate made fighting the war in Vietnam very difficult
  2. 2. Name of the Communist enemy fighting against US troops in Vietnam
  3. 4. Many men were involuntarily enlisted into the war in Vietnam due to the ___________
  4. 6. Disconnect between what the government was telling the American public and what was actually happening on the ground in Vietnam
  5. 7. Nixon promised __________ with honor in Vietnam and scaled back the number of US troops deployed
  6. 9. Asian nation that the US secretly sent troops into in an attempt to deliver a "knockout blow"
  7. 10. Chemical agent used by Americans in Vietnam to rid the jungles of vegetation.
  8. 12. 11% of all American deaths in Vietnam were caused by __________ set by the Vietcong
  9. 13. Many troops returning home from Vietnam suffered from psychological effects, most notedly __________
  10. 14. Kennedy's Vice President who lead the nation through the height of the Vietnam conflcit
  11. 16. Communist leader of North Vietnam