Question 72 • TX-US History Studies Since 1877 B-Credit Recovery Summer School
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution followed reports that North Vietnamese forces had attacked two U.S. Navy ships, the USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy, in August 1964. The second reported attack was later disputed, but the Johnson administration presented the incidents to Congress as a reason to authorize greater U.S. military action. Therefore, the correct choice is “an alleged attack on two US Navy ships by North Vietnam.”
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