PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Gulf of Maddox Resolution
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Mekong Delta Resolution
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Gulf of Vietnam Resolution
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Detailed explanation-1: -Passed nearly unanimously by Congress on 7 August and signed into law three days later, the Tonkin Gulf Resolution-or Southeast Asia Resolution, as it was officially known-was a pivotal moment in the war and gave the Johnson administration a broad mandate to escalate U.S. military involvement in Vietnam.
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 resolution served as Johnson’s legal justification for deploying U.S. conventional forces and starting open warfare against North Vietnam. There has long been speculation that the Tonkin incidents were merely a pretext for LBJ and the military to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam.