Question

Choose the action that does NOT reflect U.S. involvement in Vietnam during the Lyndon Johnson administration. A. The president was unwilling to de-escalate or withdraw from Vietnam because he feared being painted as "soft" on Communism. B. Increased military spending in Vietnam imperiled the administration's domestic agenda and led to a growing federal deficit. C. The United States participated in negotiations to establish national elections that would reunify North and South Vietnam. D. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave the president authority to use military force without a formal declaration of war.

Answer 1

Answer: C. The United States participated in negotiations to establish national elections that would reunify North and South Vietnam.

Explanation:

The Geneva Accords as they were known, were created after negotiations in Geneva where the representatives of 8 countries including the United States, met to forge a path towards the reunification of North and South Vietnam.

It was agreed during the negotiations that, an election to unify the two nations would be held in 1956, 2 years after the negotiations which occurred between May to July 21, 1954.

As President Lyndon Johnson only became president in 1963, this was not done under his administration.