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Background to Conflict The War Escalates/Mix A Turning Point The War Ends

Row 1, Col 1 His name means “he who enlightens” Who is Ho Chi Minh?

1,2 This Asian nation was taken over by Communists in What is China?

1,3 This is the buildup of military forces. What is escalation?

1,4 This is where the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is located. Where is Washington D.C.?

2,1 They were members of the National Liberation Front (NLF) Who are the Vietcong?

2,2 These were used in Vietnam primarily to expose enemy hiding places and destroy food supplies What are defoliants?

2,3 He was the commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam. Who is William Westmoreland?

2,4 He sought the 1972 Democratic nomination but withdrew after he was shot and paralyzed from The waist down. Who is George Wallace?

3,1 This group was also known as the League for the Independence of Vietnam. What are Vietminh?

3,2 This newspaper published the Pentagon Papers. What is the New York Times?

3,3 He was a longtime North Vietnamese revolutionary who met secretly with a U.S. official in Paris in 1970 Who is Le Doc Tho?

3,4 This set a 60-day limit on any presidential commitment of troops to foreign lands. What is the War Powers Act?

4,1 This nation occupied all of French Indochina, Indonesia, Malaya, & the Philippines in What is Japan?

4,2 He was the U.S. Secretary of Defense (as the war started) Who is Robert McNamara?

4,3 He was a key foreign policy Adviser of Richard Nixon. Who is Henry Kissinger?

4,4 The Hmong can be associated with this country. What is Laos?

5,1 He was a Roman Catholic who Became president of South Vietnam. Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?

5,2 He was one of only 2 senators to vote against the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. Who is Wayne Morse?

5,3 He was mayor of Chicago in Who is Richard Daley?

5,4 She was the author of When Heaven and Earth Changed Places. Who is Le Ly Hayslip?