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Each state only had one vote in Congress, regardless of size. Congress had not have the power to tax. Congress did not have the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce. There was no executive branch to enforce any acts passed by Congress.
Explanation:
Answer: The Gulf of Tonkin resolution authorized the US President to do what he felt necessary to bring peace to Southeast Asia. It led to massive escalation of US military involvement in the Vietnam War.
Detail:
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a measure passed by US Congress that allowed the US President to make military actions, like increase troops, without formal declaration of war. It led to huge escalation of US involvement in the Vietnam War. The resolution was passed by Congress in August, 1964, after alleged attacks on two US naval ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. The key wording in the resolution said:
- <em>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.</em>
That resolution served as a blank check for President Johnson to send troops to whatever extent he deemed necessary in pursuance of the war. Between 1964 and the end of Johnson's presidency in 1969, US troop levels in Vietnam increased from around 20,000 to over 500,000.
• The Missouri Compromise: Missouri was admitted into the Union as a slave state, but to balance the number of slave/non-slave states, Maine was taken away from Massachusetts and mad a non-slave state.
<span>• Slave Trade Compromise: The Constitution didn't allow for the end of slavery for at least 20 years. </span>
<span>• Connecticut Compromise: The Constitution set up two houses in Congress: the House of Representatives (proportional membership based on population) and the Senate (two seats per state). </span>
<span>• The Three-Fifths Compromise: Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person under the Constitution for the purposes of apportioning House of Representative seats.</span>