Vietnam Word Scramble
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| Word | Definition |
| Vietcong | Vietnamese guerrillas who opposed the noncommunist government of South Vietnam |
| guerrilla | figther who uses hit-and-run attacks |
| domino theory | belief that if South Vietnam fell to communism, other countries in the region would follow |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Congressional resolution passed in 1964 that authorized military action in Vietnam |
| escalate | to expand |
| draft | law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military |
| Tet Offensive | North Vietnamese and Vietcong surprise attack on American forces in Vietnam on the Vietnamese New Year's holiday in 1968 |
| Khmer Rouge | communist party in Cambodia that imposed a reign of terror on cambodian citizens |
| boat people | after the Vietnam War, refugees who escaped from Vietnam in small boats |
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