The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution .
A) officially partitioned Vietnam into two separate northern and southern nations
B) was an official declaration of war by Congress on North Vietnam
C) gave President Johnson the power to wage undeclared war in Vietnam
D) officially ended the war in Vietnam

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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, passed in 1964, authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and promote the maintenance of international peace and security in Southeast Asia. This effectively allowed him to escalate U.S. military involvement in Vietnam without an official declaration of war by Congress.