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- 2. First major battle of the war; South Vietnam had more troops and supplies, but they failed; one of the bloodiest and costliest battles of the war
- 6. A war fought by the United States from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975 as a result of rising tensions between North Korea (communism) and South Korea (capitalism)
- 8. Four day battle that resulted in a win for the U.S. and South Vietnam; first engagement between U.S. and North Vietnam
- 12. Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
- 13. Required enrollment in the armed services; aka Selective Service System; all men had to register when they turned 18 and until they were 26
- 15. Acronym for the southern Vietnamese soldiers with whom U.S. troops fought against communism and forces in the North during the Vietnam War
- 16. Military campaign conducted by the People's Army of Vietnam against the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and the United States military
- 17. Battle that took place on Ap Bia Mountain; purpose was to prevent movement of North Vietnamese troops from Laos and stop enemy threats
- 19. People who opposed the Vietnam War and believed that the United States should withdraw from it
- 20. A gasoline-based substance used in bombs that U.S. planes dropped in Vietnam in order to burn away jungle and expose Vietcong hideouts
- 21. South Vietnamese Communists who, with North Vietnamese support, fought against the government of South Vietnam in the Vietnam War
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- 1. A 1954 peace agreement that divided Vietnam into Communist-controlled North Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam until unification elections could be held in 1956
- 3. A toxic leaf-killing chemical sprayed by U.S. planes in Vietnam to expose Vietcong hideouts
- 4. Resolution adopted by Congress in 1964, giving LBJ broad powers to wage war in Vietnam
- 5. One of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war; Precipitated when People’s Army of North Vietnam attacked a U.S. Marine garrison, destroying 90% of its artillery and mortar rounds
- 7. People who supported U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and believed that the United States should use increased military force to win it
- 9. Circle of latitude that split Vietnam into North (communism) and South (captialism)
- 10. Last major battle of the war; Northern Vietnamese troops attacked U.S. and South Vietnamese camps; Vietcong and other Northern troops suffered more deaths than the U.S.
- 11. Marked the end of the war in 1975; led to the unification of North and South Vietnam into one communist nation
- 14. Last name of U.S. army general who commanded the U.S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam
- 18. A youth-dominated political movement of the 1960s, embodied in such organizations as Students for a Democratic Society and the Free Speech Movement