THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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prevented President Johnson from intervening in South Vietnam’s conflict with the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong
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literally gave President Johnson a “black check” to intervene in South Vietnam’s conflict with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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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: -A joint resolution “To promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.” It is of historic significance because it gave U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, to use conventional military force in Southeast Asia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lyndon Johnson on August 5, 1964, assertedly in reaction to two allegedly unprovoked attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on the destroyers Maddox and C. Turner Joy of the U.S. Seventh Fleet in the Gulf of Tonkin on August 2 and August 4, respectively.
Detailed explanation-4: -Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution at the insistence of President Lyndon B. Johnson, with the understanding that the president would seek their approval before launching a full-scale war in Vietnam with U.S. military personnel. However, that ultimately proved not to be the case.