Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

reducing the voting age to 18. Another consequence of the Vietnam War was the mistrust of the United States government and the government officials. This mistrust in the government came from numerous events such as the President Johnson’s Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in order to send troops to Vietnam, revelations of secret bombings in Cambodia, the My Lai Massacre, and the Kent State Tragedy under Nixon. These events made America suspicious of the government and challenged their faith and confidence

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War was a clash between communist forces who are allied with the Viet Cong and South Vietnam allied with the United States of America. The “roots” of the war started during the 1940’s when Japan “invaded and occupied Vietnam” which has been under French rule for more than 50 years. It all started with Ho Chi Minh, a communist revolutionary who established the Viet Minh, an organization “whose goal was to get rid Vietnam of the French and Japanese

the troops in Vietnam. The years 1964 to 1975 were characterized by the negative effects of the Vietnam war on American society and how they heightened social, political and economic tensions by drafting Americans, creating and repealing the Gulf of Tonkins, uncontrollable war spending, and the protests towards Nixon and his lying. The social relationships in America were already tense due to the inequalities handed out to a large portion of American inhabitants but the relationships worsened during

B. Johnson made the Vietnam War his own by escalation and the involvement of the United States growing. While being president of the United States Johnson had the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution signed by the senators. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was signed because of the earlier attack of an American ship by the Vietnamese. This resolution gave the president the power to do what is necessary to prevent another attack. Even though it was proven that no Vietnamese attack actually happened. This was the

first major events in the escalation of the war was the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gave president Lyndon B. Johnson the control and decisive powers once held by the congress. “Congress approves and supports the determination of the president…to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack…to prevent further aggression”, US Congress, Gulf of Tonkin resolution. This heightened tensions because the incident with the Gulf of Tonkin was already questioned and this was a major shift of power

During the summer of 1964, President Johnson received reports of that North Vietnamese torpedo boats had fired on the U.S. destroyer Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin. In the first attack, on August 2, the damage inflicted was limited to a single bullet hole, and on August 4, proved to be only misread radar sightings. To Johnson this didn't seem to matter if the attack was real or fantasy, the president made a call for arms because he saw this as the beginning of a wider war. In the entire Congress, only

Vietnam War The Gulf of Tonkin resolution was set as an attempt to contain communism in 1964 after the Gulf of Tonkin incident. This incident gave the U.S authority to join in the Vietnam war to try to seize communist aggression. Whether the United States should have been in the Vietnam war or should have stayed out is a very controversial issue. The United States however should not have been part of the Vietnam war due to political reasons. The war originally began as a civil war between North

The Vietnam War came at a time of great social and political unrest in America. It was right in the middle of the Cold War, a fierce worldwide battle between Eastern communism and Western democracy. There was already division going on in America at the time, with events like the red scare in Washington creating a growing fear of worldwide communism. The U.S. involvement in Vietnam began with Harry Truman aiding the French in an imperial war from 1946-1954, which the French eventually lost to the

Vietnam was under the control of the French(under IndoChina) until the 1940s which saw the end of the French power in the region. Germany had triumphed over France in World War 2 which eventually allowed the Japanese(Germany’s allies) to take over the region. The Japanese then had access to Vietnam’s main resources which are roads,railways,coal and rice. The emergence of Ho Chi Minh brought strong anti-Japanese resistance movement, Ho Chi Minh had an idea for a communist government. He started to

Vietnam Timeline 04/24/2016 Sarah Dustagheer Period 4 Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1954) The Battle of Bien Dien Phu was the first crucial engagement in the first Indochina War. It took place in March 13, 1954 - May 7, 1954. This battle was a symbolic turning point in Indochina. The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was fought between French forces and the Viet Minh communists. The French wanted to convert Vietnam as one of their colonies, but