THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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What provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam?
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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My Lai
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Congress supported the resolution with the assumption that the president would return and seek their support before engaging in additional escalations of the war. The Gulf of Tonkin incident and the subsequent Gulf of Tonkin resolution provided the justification for further U.S. escalation of the conflict in Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Tonkin Gulf Resolution gave the President authority “to take all necessary measures” to oppose any armed attack upon the United States; President Johnson and President Nixon relied upon the resolution as the legal basis for their Vietnam military policies.
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