Imagine you are an advisor for a sitting US president. You have just received word that three small boats appear to have attacke
d a US port. The president wants to retaliate, but you think more evidence is needed before US forces attack. What historical event could you reference to support your case best? A.
North Korean invasion of South Korea
The Gulf of Tonkin incident, that is also called " the USS Maddox incident", consisted of an international confrontation that eventually led the US to engage North Vietnam directly during the Vietnam War.
It supposedly involved either one or two different confrontations with North Vietnam and the United States within the region of the Gulf of Tonkin, hence the name of the incident. Originally, the American report blamed North Vietnam for the two incidents, but it didn't take too long before it became a very controversial topic since it was a widespread belief that at least one, and most likely both incidents were false.
Between the given period, the US increased in size having spread towards the west, while in the meantime fighting for human rights and freeing the slaves.
Simple. The Native Americans were disliked. Americans took their land, hunted their buffalo, and forced them off their own land and set them to the Great Plains. The Natives were forced to abandon their culture and instead americans put in their culture. All the Natives wanted was peace. Americans passed the indian Removal Act.
President Lincoln's response to Greeley is neither pro nor anti slavery. What does President Lincoln state is his primary goal? Lincoln says his primary goal is to save the Union, whether he has to keep or dismantle slavery to do so. Using you own words, explain President Lincoln's letter to Union Major General John A.
