The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Is Particularly Significant in American

question 37

Multiple Choice

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution is particularly significant in American history for which of the following reasons?

• A) The resolution marked the point at which most Americans began to have serious doubts about the American role in Vietnam.
• B) The resolution served notice to the rest of the world that the United States no longer accepted any geographical limits on its freedom to patrol the seas.
• C) In enacting the resolution, Congress relinquished its war-making powers to the president.
• D) Passage of the resolution established the precedent of U.S. rejection of United Nations Security Council authority in international disputes.

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