The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

question 118

Multiple Choice

The Gulf of Tonkin resolution

• A) advocated the use of nuclear weapons against North Vietnam if that government did not accede to American demands.
• B) authorized the president to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against American forces and to prevent further aggression in Vietnam.
• C) condemned the U.S. involvement in Vietnam and demanded that American troops be withdrawn immediately.
• D) demanded that Chinese troops be withdrawn to the Tonkin region before negotiations could begin.
• E) constituted a congressional explanation to the American people of the Johnson administration's immediate and long-term foreign policy goals in Southeast Asia.

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