THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a vote of censure
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impeachment hearings
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a repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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a repeal of the War Powers Act
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nixon believed North Vietnam was transporting troops and supplies through neighboring Cambodia into South Vietnam. He hoped that bombing supply routes in Cambodia would weaken the United States’ enemies. The bombing of Cambodia lasted until August 1973.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Resolution was repealed in January 1971 in an attempt to curtail President Nixon’s power to continue the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nixon reaffirmed his promise to withdraw 150, 000 American soldiers by the following spring. The announcement that U.S. and South Vietnamese troops had invaded Cambodia resulted in a firestorm of protests and gave the antiwar movement a new rallying point.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.