Question

Explain one event that escalated American involvement in Vietnam and two events in the war that began to turn American public opinion against US involvement there.

Answer 1

Answer:

In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. In response to these reported incidents, President Lyndon B. Johnson requested permission from the U.S. Congress to increase the U.S. military presence in Indochina.