It increased the power of the executive at the expense of the legislature.
Explanation:
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, passed almost unanimously by Congress, gave the Johnson administration a free hand in Vietnam without the constraints normally applied by the legislature. As a consequence it greatly increased the power of the executive.
However as the war went increasingly badly for the USA, relations between the two branches of government deteriorated.
The Great Awakening contributed to the development of an “independent spirit” among American colonists because it reduced the power of hierarchical religious sects. It contributed, instead, to a situation in which people thought more for themselves about issues of religion.
