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This incident created open warfare between North Vietnam and the US in 1964.

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Legal permission for LBJ (US President) to commence war against North Vietnam.

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What was the 1964 congressional action that became a blank check for the Vietnam war?

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution


What war involved the gulf of tonkin resolution?

Vietnam War.


In what resolution of 1964 did Congress give president Johnson a blank check for the war in Vietnam?

The August, 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution.


What is the name of the resolution that made the Vietnam war official?

The Tonkin Gulf Resolution .


What gave president Johnson the power to commit troops to Vietnam without asking congress for the declaration of war?

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.


What was the resolution that gave the us justification to enter the Vietnam war?

" Tonkin Gulf Resolution "


How was the Tonkin Gulf Resolution a functional equivalent of a Congressional declaration of war?

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), which allows the President to use the military in a war-like action, without calling it a war.


What was the name of the resolution passed by Congress that approved the sending of U.S. soldiers to fight in Vietnam?

After the naval engagements in the Tonkin Gulf in 1964.


What resolution gave Johnson the power to increase forces in the war?

Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.


Instead of declaring war on North Vietnam the US did what?

Adopted the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution


Instead of declaring war on North Vietnam the US?

adopted the gulf of tonkin resolution


What is the name of the resolution passed by congress that approved the sending of US soldiers to fight in the Vietnam War?

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution