Vietnam War Years

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Across
  1. 6. divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel
  2. 7. person who supported the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and that they should increase their military involvement
  3. 11. anti-communist southern Vietnam leader
  4. 12. explained that once one country fell to communism those around it would too
  5. 15. place where four people were killed due a student protest that led to a burning of a building
  6. 20. political movement of the 1960s
  7. 22. group that wanted individual freedom and responsibility during the 1960s
  8. 26. Act law that limited the president's right to to send troops into battle without consenting Congress
  9. 27. original secretary of defense during Vietnam Era and president Johnson's presidency
  10. 29. toxic chemical used by U.S. to expose Vietcong hideouts
  11. 30. public distrust of government statements
  12. 31. secretary of state during Vietnam Era and president Johnson's presidency
  13. 32. replaced Robert McNamara as secretary of defense
  14. 33. president after 1968 elections that began to withdraw troops from Vietnam
  15. 34. plan to end war in Vietnam declaring gradual withdraw of troops
Down
  1. 1. French outpost in Northwestern Vietnam
  2. 2. national security adviser during Nixon's presidency who helped invent a plan to end the Vietnam War
  3. 3. name for Nixon's supporters who quietly supported his war policies
  4. 4. North Vietnamese communist leader
  5. 5. substance used in bombs to burn jungles and expose Vietcong hideouts
  6. 7. Johnson's vice president that ran in the 1968 elections
  7. 8. organization that wanted Vietnam independence
  8. 9. that opposed Vietnam War and thought the U.S. should withdraw
  9. 10. gave the president power to wage war in Vietnam
  10. 13. American general who continuously asked for more troops
  11. 14. required enrollment in the Military
  12. 16. document that revealed the U.S. was not honest about their intentions in the Vietnam War
  13. 17. South Vietnam soldiers who fought with U.S. troops against communism
  14. 18. paths used to transport supplies to South Vietnam
  15. 19. South Vietnamese communists who supported the North
  16. 21. village in South Vietnam where people including woman and children were massacred by U.S. troops
  17. 22. Mission raid on South Vietnamese village trying to find Vietcong relations within
  18. 23. surprise attack by Vietcong on South Vietnam
  19. 24. organization founded after a clash between students and administrators at the University of California at Berkeley
  20. 25. ran against President Johnson in 1968 elections to end war in Vietnam
  21. 28. decided not to run in the 1968 elections