THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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The Vietnam War was . . .
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a declared war the the U.S. Congress
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was not a declared war by the U.S. Congress.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Congress authorized troop deployment in Vietnam, but, because it did not issue a declaration of war on North Vietnam or the Viet Cong, the Vietnam War is, technically speaking, not considered a war in the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States did not declare war during its involvement in Vietnam, although the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized the escalation and use of military force in the Vietnam War without a formal declaration of war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kennedy’s expansion stemmed in part from Cold War-era fears about the “domino theory”: if communism took hold in Vietnam, it would topple democracies throughout the whole of Southeast Asia, it was thought.
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