The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Was in Response to

question 22

Multiple Choice

The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was in response to

• A) alleged attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on American destroyers.
• B) a Vietminh attack on an American-occupied air base in South Vietnam.
• C) mortar attacks on the American embassy in Saigon.
• D) the decision by North Vietnam to arm its allies in the South.
• E) the so-called "Tet Offensive" by North Vietnamese soldiers.

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