USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam .

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Lyndon Johnson signed the Tonkin Gulf resolution on August 10, 1964. In August 1964, Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf resolution-or Southeast Asia Resolution, as it is officially known-the congressional decree that gave President Lyndon Johnson a broad mandate to wage war in Vietnam.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was opposed in the Senate only by Senators Wayne Morse (D-OR) and Ernest Gruening (D-AK).