THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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Why did President Johnson seek the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
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to react to an unprovoked attack on the USS Maddox
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to expand the U.S. military presence in Vietnam
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to ensure that Ngo Dinh Diem and his family would be removed from power
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to begin Operation Rolling Thunder
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina.
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