The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

question 52

Multiple Choice

The Gulf of Tonkin resolution:

• A) authorized the president to take "all necessary measures to repel armed attack" in Vietnam.
• B) authorized the president to take "all necessary measures to repel armed attack" in Cuba.
• C) was a formal declaration of war.
• D) called for an immediate end to the hostilities in Southeast Asia.
• E) had little Senate support at the time.

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