Chapter 20 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| 1. Ho Chi Minh | The Communist Leader of North Vietnam |
| 2. domino theory | the idea that if Vietnam falled to Communism, its closest neighbors would follow |
| 3. Dien Bien Phi | a military base in northwest Vietnam |
| 4. SEATO-Southeast Asia Treaty Organization | Created to prevent the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia |
| 6. VietCong | NLF (National Liberation Front) guerilla fighters, hid among civilians working with NVA |
| 7. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | the resolution authorized the president to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack |
| 8. William Westmoreland | the American commander in South Vietnam |
| 9. napalm | jellied gasoline which was dropped in large canisters that created an explosion of fire on impact |
| 10. hawk | those who supported the war |
| 11. dove | Those who protested Johnson's war policies and the war in vietnam |
| 12. draftee | young men drafted into military service via the draft |
| 13. SDS-Students for a Democatic Society | formed to campeign against racism and poverty |
| 14. "credibility gap" | the American public's growing distrust of statements made by the US government. |
| 15. Tet Offensive | a coordinated assault on 36 provincial capitals and 5 major cities during a "cease fire" during the Vietnamese new year of Tet |
| 16. Eugene McCarthy | the antiwar candidate for Democratic party |
| 17. Robert Kennedy | democratic senator brother of JFK |
| 18. Vietnamization | gradual withdraw of U.S forces whilst training and arming the soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army |
| 19. Kent State University | School in Ohio-threw rocks and bottles at member of the National Guard |
| 20. My Lai | village |
| 21. Pentagon papers | classified gov. history |
| 22. Paris peace accords | US, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Vietcong |
| 23. War Powers act | resticted president's war-making powers |
| 24. Henry Kissinger | Nixon's leading advisor on national security and international affairs. |
| 25. realpolitik | german word meaning real politics |
| 26. Zhou Enlai | Premier of China |
| 27. Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty | froze the deployment of intercontinental ballistic missles |
| 28. detente | replaced diplomatic efforts based on suspicion and distrust |
| NVA | North Vietnamese army |
| Draft | The Lottery system in which people were inducted into the armed forces |
| SVA | South Vietnamese Army |
| President Dien | unpopular ruler of South Vietnam |
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