THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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24th Amendment
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Limited Test Ban Treaty
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War Powers Act
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Nixon Doctrine
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Third Force Act, dated April 1871, empowered the president to use the armed forces to combat those who conspired to deny equal protection of the laws and to suspend habeas corpus, if necessary, to enforce the act.
Detailed explanation-3: -United States Congress (November 7, 1973). “War Powers Resolution of 1973 (Public Law 93-148)".
Detailed explanation-4: -Citation: Tonkin Gulf Resolution; Public Law 88-408, 88th Congress, August 7, 1964; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives.