| A | B |
|---|
| France | Country that supported South Vietnam |
| United States | Country that supported South Vietnam |
| China | Country that supported North Vietnam |
| U.S.S.R. | Country that supported North Vietnam |
| Communism | Form of government in North Vietnam |
| Democracy | Form of government in South Vietnam |
| Ho Chi Minh | Leader of North Vietnam |
| John F. Kennedy | President of the U.S. 1960-1963 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | President of the U.S. 1952-1960 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | President of the U.S. 1963-1968 |
| Richard M. Nixon | President of the U.S. 1968-1974 |
| Ngo Dinh Diem | Leader of SOuth Vietnam who was assassinated in 1963 |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Gave Pres. Johnson power to escalate war in Vietnam |
| The Maddox | Ship in the Gulf of Tonkin that engaged in direct combat, at a time the US was providing non-combat assistance |
| Saigon | Capital city of South Vietnam |
| Hanoi | Capital city of North Vietnam |
