Question

Which of the following statements is true of the Gulf of Tonkin affair? A. Congress was divided and only reluctantly passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. B. Johnson ordered air strikes after the attack. C. Johnson told Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to let him expand the war. D. The destroyer Maddox was sunk by North Vietnamese gunboats. *gramda has killed me*

Answer 1

The answer is B, Johnson ordered air strikes after the attack. The Gulf of Tonkin occurrence, otherwise called the USS Maddox episode, drew the United States all the more straightforwardly into the Vietnam War. It included two separate showdowns including North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.