The Gulf of Tonkin incident occurred in the Gulf of Tonkin off of the coast of North Vietnam.
The citizens were told the North Vietnamese communists violently attacked a US ship which was peacefully existing to aid South Vietnam. It was presented as a direct threat to the US and a means for war.
The ship was in North Vietnamese territory and was alone away from the rest of the US fleet in South Vietnam. The US was not peaceful as they were attacking the North and supplying the South putting them directly in the war.
Per the Constitution--war is to be asked for by the executive and approved by Congress with an official declaration of war. However, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave permission to Johnson to use war materials and practices without an official declaration of war. This prevented allies from entering the war but allowed the US to engage in war behavior under the executive orders.
Thanks for the wrong answer. It's actually D- The bloodiest single-day battle of the war, this attempt of Lee's to invade the North was thwarted.
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So, why did Abraham Lincoln gain the support of most of the antislavery forces in the US? Let me tell you: he definitely did NOT <span>cut a deal with the proslavery forces of the south that allowed them to secede. (D is wrong) And contrary to popular belief, he was willing to let slavery be in the South to keep the peace, though he didn't like it. (B is wrong) And the other candidates weren't all in favor of expanding slavery. (A is wrong)
BUT, the others had no problem with LETTING it expand. So, many of the abolitionists rallied behind Lincoln, who wanted to KEEP slavery in the South. He was the closest thing they had to an anti-slavery candidate! C is right!
Answer: </span><span>the other candidates had no problem with allowing slavery to expand to new states.</span>
It was the right to burn flags.
