PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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Question
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All of the following are true about the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution EXCEPT
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the US claimed the Vietnamese attacked the USS Maddox, but this was later proven false
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it resulted in massive american casualties and was a huge victory for the communists
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it convinced congress to let president Johnson send troops to Vietnam
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it was the first time the communists effectively utilized guerrilla warfare against the US
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -What is true about the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? It gave President Johnson broad powers to conduct the war in Vietnam without a declaration of war.
Detailed explanation-2: -On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-3: -The outcome of the incident was the passage by U.S. Congress of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which granted U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to assist any Southeast Asian country whose government was considered to be jeopardized by “communist aggression".
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