THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Decreased American Involvement
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Increased American Involvement
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina.
Detailed explanation-2: -His civil rights legacy was shaped by signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
Detailed explanation-3: -Johnson’s administration passed an unprecedented amount of legislation, with much of it designed to protect the nation’s land, air, water, wilderness, and quality of life-to keep Americans safer and the United States from becoming uglier and dirtier.