Across
- 2. Incident led the U.S. to escalate military action
- 4. 1968 surprise attack by North Vietnamese forces that shook U.S. confidence.
- 5. Asian country that also backed North Vietnam with supplies and troops.
- 6. Americans who supported war, wanted military action
- 7. Demilitarized Zone, a buffer zone that separates possible hostile or untrusted entities
- 9. Communist superpower that supported North Vietnam.
- 10. Sourh Vietnam army supported by the U.S
- 13. U.S supported region opposed communism
- 15. President who introduced “Vietnamization” and withdrew U.S. troops.
- 18. Leader of north Vietnam, symbolizing communism
- 19. Toxic herbicide used to destroy forests and crops in Vietnam.
- 21. President who escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam after the Gulf of Tonkin.
Down
- 1. 1954 battle, French defeated by Vietnamese forces.
- 3. U.S bombing campaignn against North vietnam
- 7. Americans who opposed Vietnam war, wanted peace
- 8. Communist-led region
- 11. communist-led guerrilla in south Vietnam
- 12. Capital of South Vietnam, fell in 1975, marking the war’s end.
- 14. U.S. president who increased military advisors in Vietnam.
- 16. Flammable chemical weapon used by the U.S.
- 17. Economic system gov controls all property and production.
- 20. Decades-long tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.