The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was in response to
A) the decision by North Vietnam to arm its allies in the South.
B) the so-called "Tet Offensive" by North Vietnamese soldiers.
C) mortar attacks on the American embassy in Saigon.
D) alleged attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on American destroyers.
E) a Vietminh attack on an American-occupied air base in South Vietnam.

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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed by the US Congress in response to alleged attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on American destroyers, which were later discovered to have been exaggerated or even fabricated. The resolution gave broad powers to President Lyndon B. Johnson to use military force in Vietnam, leading to increased US involvement in the war.

The 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Was in Response to