Gulf of Tonkin

Gave the U.S. President authority to take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States."

• Pentagon Papers

• The Draft

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• War Powers Act

What resolution passed that gave Lyndon Johnson broad powers to defend South Vietnam from communism?

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Gulf of Maddox Resolution

• USS Tonkin Resolution

• Gulf of Vietnam Resolution

Gave the President expansive war powers

• Operation Rolling Thunder

• Domino Theory

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Where was the United States Navy allegedly attacked in 1964?

• Gulf of Thailand

• Gulf of Tonkin

• Pearl Harbor

• South China Sea

In what year did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution pass?

• 1962

• 1964

• 1966

• 1968

What was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?

• A major battle between North and South Vietnamese forces

• An alleged attack by North Vietnamese forces on American naval vessels

• The signing of a peace treaty to end the Vietnam War

• A covert operation by the CIA in Vietnam

How did the events in this cause-and-effect diagram affect the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government?

• By reducing the ability of the House of Representatives to approve military funding requested by the president

• By giving the president the power to fight a war without getting a formal declaration from Congress

• By allowing Congress to supersede the president’s role as commander in chief

• By reducing the power of the president to bypass the Senate’s treaty-making powers

The ____ granted the president broad military powers in Vietnam

• Geneva Accords

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• Marshall Plan

• Operation Rolling Thunders

What event led to the escalation of U.S. military involvement in Vietnam in 1964?

• Gulf of Tonkin Incident

• Tet Offensive

• Fall of Saigon

• My Lai Massacre

Which U.S. President was in office during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford