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Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution Essay
Question 1 – The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Despite any hard evidence or confirmed reports, Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Lyndon Johnson the freedom to send troops to Vietnam. First, explain how this resolution is different from the way the Constitution allows for the United States to go to war. Then, tell me some of the actions President Johnson took once he was allowed to send troops to Vietnam. Finally, tell me whether or not you agree or disagree with giving any President the powers and freedom to send troops wherever he pleases. Back up your stance with examples (don’t just say I agree or I disagree).
The resolution is different from how the constitution allows the United States to go to war because the congress allowed President Johnson's request to take “all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression”(
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They would gather then names of those eligible to join, and called their name so that they would come to were the local drafting was held to be evaluated. They mostly pick from poor or working class. Americans express their disagreement with protests. To avoid being drafted some would flee and hide from the government, some would start protests, some of the wealthy families, or ones with political power would bribe there way out of being drafted.
For question 2 most information was gotten from ( http://thevietnamwar.info/vietnam-war-draft/ ), and then place with my own words, as well as knowledge I had already had before hand on the subject. I apologize for no direct sentences and citing but all knowledge beside my own was gotten from this


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