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How did President Johnson open the way for negoitations in Vietnam?
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What did the gulf or tonkin resolution extended president Johnson power?
He now could conduct OPEN WAR against North Vietnam.
When did Johnson send fighting troops to Vietnam?
The easy and often repeated belief. US troops had been in RVN (Republic of South Vietnam) before Johnson (LBJ) was president; before his former boss JFK (Kennedy) was president. US servicemen were being killed in battle in South Vietnam long before LBJ took office in Washington. The Johnson administration commenced open war (via the Tonkin Gulf Resolution) with North Vietnam in August 1964. No other US president prior to LBJ conducted open hostilities with North Vietnam. Open hostilities=Open aerial bombing/bombing campaigns (Operation Rolling Thunder, etc.).
President Johnson kept an open mindabout the various plans for?
President Johnson kept an open mind about the various plans for reconstruction. Andrew Johnson served as the 17th U.S. President.
The gulf of tonkin resolution gave president Johnson the authority to escalate which war?
To escalate a simple guerrilla war being conducted in the republic of South Vietnam into an open conventional war against North Vietnam itself.
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and why is it significant?
The two incidents (one actual sea battle, and one questionable sea battle) allowed President Johnson (LBJ) to transition the Vietnam War from a guerrilla war into a conventional open war against Hanoi (Capital of North Vietnam).
What did President Johnson kept an open mind about the various plans for?
Whos president Johnson... Maybe coz he was a retard!
A resolution giving Johnson authority to retaliate militarily in Vietnam?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Lyndon B. Johnson the authority to aid any Southeast Asian country being threatened by communist aggression. He used this as justification for open warfare against North Vietnam.
Which president was first to open up southern colleges to desegregation?
President Johnson
President Johnson kept an open mind about the various plans for?
reconstruction
What was the result of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
it caused president johnson to send more troops to vietnam
How many troops were sent to Vietnam?
In February, 1965, the Viet Cong attacked an American military base near Pleiku. Using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, President Johnson sent in 3,500 Marines, the first official troops, to South Vietnam. By the end of the year, there were 200,000 US troops in Vietnam.
What authority did the Gulf of Tonkin give to President Johnson?
True.In August, 1964, President Johnson reported to the nation that American ships had been attacked by North Vietnam gunboats in the Gulf of Tonkin, in international waters. The Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving the President the power to use whatever force necessary to protect our interests in the area. At the time, the truth was not reported. > http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2261 In February, 1965, the Viet Cong attacked an American military base near Pleiku. Using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, President Johnson sent in 3,500 Marines, the first official troops, to South Vietnam. By the end of the year, there were 200,000 US troops in Vietnam.The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Johnson the power to declare war against North Vietnam without ever going to ask Congress.
