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The Vietnam War began in 1957 when forces supported by ____ Vietnam began attacking officials in ____ Vietnam.
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North, South
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____- irregular troops supported by North Vietnam. Were called ____.
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Guerillas, Viet Cong
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The ____ or ____ was aided by the U.S.
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ARVN, South Vietnamese
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In 1965, ____ units from the ____ began to take part in war.
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Combat, U.S.
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Communists (Viet Cong) used ____, ____, and ____.
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Ambushes, bombs, mines
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Non_Communists used ____ and ____.
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Air raids, "search and destroy" missions
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Some ____ believed that ____ help was necessary to stop Communist aggresion.
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Americans, U.S.
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The ____ held that if Vietnam fell to ____, other nations in Southeast Asia would also fall.
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Domino Theory, Communism
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____- leader of North Vietnam.
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Ho Chi Minh
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The French were defeated at ____.
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Dien Bien Phu
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____ divided French Indochina into ____, ____, and ____.
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Geneva Accords, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
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____- leader of South Vietnam
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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November 1, 1963, ____ assassinated.
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Diem
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Supplies for Viet Cong came down ____.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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____ burned themselves to death in protest.
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Buddhists
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