Source 1:    U.S. Congress            

                                                   Question 1: In the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty what protocols were to be followed that gave U.S reason to enter in South Vietnam ?

Treaty states that any member has to act upon and help any other parties and protocol states against Communism. In which America was a member of this treaty since 1955. 

"This Treaty with its accompanying protocol obligates the United States and other members to act in accordance with their Constitutional processes to meet the Communist aggression against any of the parties or protocol states."

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Source 1: U.S. Congress         Question 2: What reasons did the                                                              president give requesting the resolution?

He makes it clear that the U.S doesn't want a wider spread war and it's that they are willlingto do anything in stopping Communism. Also, theywant to keep their word in the agreement.

"As I have repeatedly made clear, the United States intends no rashness, and seeks no wider war. We must make it clear to all that the United States is united in its determination to bring about the end of Communist subversion and aggression in the area. We seek the full and effective restoration of the international agreements signed in Geneva in 1954, with respect to South Vietnam, and again in Geneva in 1962, with respect to Laos."

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Source 1: U.S Congress                Question 3: What power does the                                                               president ask for in the resolution?

He recommends the resolution grants him all teperission from Congress to have full power over U.S armed forces and make all decisions to ensure safety in U.S and South East Asia.

"It could state in the simplest terms the resolve and support of the Congress for action to deal appropriately with attacks against our armed forces and to defend freedom and preserve peace in southeast Asia in accordance with the obligations of the United States under the southeast Asia Treaty."

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Source 1:                                                                              

 U.S. Congress. "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution." Primary Source Documents: 1960 to 1969. New York: Facts On File, 2014. American History Online. Web. 16 Apr. 2015. 

Source 2: (Personnel of the USS Turner Joy and USS Maddox)

     Question 1: What claimed to happen on August  4, 1964?

That night a second  loader claimeto have seen a PT boat attack

an U.S naval ship and saw the shots and flares from afar. He was certain he saw the PT boat. 

"I am a second loader at Mount 32, a 3"/50 gun. I saw on 4 August 1964 what appeared to be one PT boat blow up off our starboard side. A few minutes later a flare went off on our port side. I saw a PT boat for about two minutes. I saw it long enough to make sure what it was."

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Source 2: (Personnel of the USS Turner Joy and USS Maddox)                        Question 2: During the attack what were the commanders being warned of  and what were their response?

They were warned to be look out for torpedos and once alerted they found torpedos heading their late too late. The ship was under and all they can do was shoot and hope to hit the target.

"We were alerted of a torpedo attack on the ship. As we were warned I came up out of the hatch to observe anything I might be able to see. Upon being where I could see, the director officer at this time yelled to me of a torpedo off our port side. I then caught sight of a wake in the water that was definitely that of a torpedo. It traveled from aft to forward and I would say about four hundred to five hundred feet off our port side. I watched the wake disappear off our port side."

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Source 2: (Personnel of the USS Turner Joy and USS Maddox)                       Question 3: How were many of these statements stated? Were they positive in what they said?

Answering this question most of them are bandwangoning each other. They  sound unsure of what they see and never get a clear view of the incident.

"Until I can find a suitable period of time to reflect on the overall engagement, the only evidence I actually saw that would indicate "something" was being hit with our 5"/54 gunfire was a column of black smoke rising from the surface of the water..... This target was taken under fire also but nothing visually was sighted by me to indicate it was hit. By the time I was able to maneuver the ship around to investigate the column of black smoke previously sighted, it had disappeared from my view.As a general statement, I believe we were attacked by an unknown number of torpedo boats for reasons as set forth in previous messages."

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Source 2:                                                                          

Personnel of the USS Turner Joy and USS Maddox. "Statements Describing the Events of August 4, 1964." Primary Source Documents: 1960 to 1969. New York: Facts On File, 2014. American History Online. Web. 16 Apr. 2015. 

Source 3: ( U.S Congeress"Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.")                                     Question 1: What is America main goal in this resolution?

They wish to help maintain peace and security in Southeast Asia by assiting them in the war with nothing in return just helping their fellow members be free.

"To promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.....Whereas the United States is assisting the peoples of southeast Asia to protect their freedom and has no territorial, military or political ambitions in the area, but desires only that these peoples should be left in peace to work out their own destinies in their own way."

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  Source 3:  ( U.S Congeress"Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.")                                  Question 2: Why are the U. S obligated to join in Southeast                     Asia problems?

They under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty. This treaty determines the U.S to assist any member who is in trouble of their freedom and requests helps evenif armed forces are involved.

".... in accordance with its obligations under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, the United States is, therefore, prepared, as the President determines, to take all necessary steps, including the use of armed force, to assist any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty requesting assistance in defense of its freedom."

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        Source 3:  ( U.S Congeress "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.")                                  Question 3: When is the expiration date of this resolution?

This resolution expires when the presidnt exterminates it once the safety of the other country in ensured. As well if the Congress wishes they can terminate itt early.

"This resolution shall expire when the President shall determine that the peace and security of the area is reasonably assured by international conditions created by action of the United Nations or otherwise, except that it may be terminated earlier by concurrent resolution of the Congress."

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Source 3:                  

U.S. Congress. "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution." Primary Source Documents: 1960 to 1969. New York: Facts On File, 2014. American History Online. Web. 16 Apr. 2015.

 Source 4:(Van Der Slik, Jack R)            

                                                            Question 1:Until when did                                                               the resolution and what happen to it?

 The resolution ws repealed after the promise of President Nixon to end the war in peace. It was repealed by Congrees and House of Representative, later finally cleared and signed by Nixon in 1970.

  "The quarrel over the president's war authority continued, and some in Congress sought to pass limits on the prosecution of the war.....On June 24, 1970, the Senate attached an amendment to repeal the Tonkin Gulf Resolution to what was called the Military Sales Bill. The vote in favor was 81-10. Held up in the House until the end of 1970, the bill was finally cleared and signed by President Nixon (PL 91-672)." 

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Source 4:(Van Der Slik, Jack R)                

                                                            Question 2: What discovery was                                                                made public in 1971 and by who?

The Pentagon Papers released that the Gulf of Tonkin was all a lie and plan of President Johnson. He made up the and actually provoked. As well the reesoltion was written since May. This was a set up by the preident to get his way.

 "A startling new version of the event surrounding the Tonkin Gulf incident became public in 1971 because of the publication of the Pentagon Papers, the Defense Department's documentary history of the Vietnam conflict. President Johnson had described the counterattack on North Vietnamese patrol boats as a defensive action. New information showed that the American commander, General William Westmoreland, provoked the attacks. In fact, an early draft of what became the TonkinGulf Resolution already existed in May 1964. The administration and the military planned and coordinated events in the Tonkin Gulf to obtain congressional approval to enlarge U.S. action in Vietnam, and the quick passage of the resolution accomplished that purpose with a minimum of public and congressional debate."

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                                                          Question 3: How did the Congress feel about the truth and what did they do so history doesn't repeat?

The Congress was highly upset they were manipuulated by Johnson and took actions so it doesn't happen agian. They immeditely passed the Wars Powers Resolution that limits the President  power further in military actions and need to go through Congress all the time.

"Eventually in 1973 Congress was able to develop and pass the War Powers Resolution. It not only passed the two chambers, but after a veto by President Nixon, Congress overrode the use of armed forces and required consultation with Congress and prompt written reporting by the president to the Congress about military actions. It sets a 60-day limit on troop commitments unless Congress authorizes continuation and provides that Congress can direct the president to disengage troops from hostilities. Passage of the War Powers Resolution was in part, at least, prompted by President Johnson's misuse of the Tonkin Gulf incident."

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Source 4                                                                               Question 1

Van Der Slik, Jack R. "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution." Encyclopedia of the United States Congress. New York: Facts On File, 2006. American History Online. Web. 17 Apr. 2015.

Source 5: (Axelrod and Charles)                                                                                                                      Question 1: Could the invasion from                                                     the North been prevented in the South?

Yes if South Vietnam would have agreed to the reunification by the Geneva agreement no invaison or war would have been avoided. The country would be one again and no fighting.

"When South Vietnam, with U.S. urging, refused to conduct the reunification plebiscite mandated by the Geneva agreements, U.S. officials braced themselves for an anticipated invasion from the north. It failed to materialize, and President Eisenhower decided to commit the United States to a long-term advisory role, intending to accomplish what the French had not—the creation of an effective indigenous Vietnamese military. Nevertheless, internal dissent over the aborted elections, especially from Buddhist groups, continued to plague the Republic of Vietnam, and the North Vietnamese insurgency in the south increased during the closing years of the decade."

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Source 5: (Axelrod and Charles)                                                                                                                             Question 2: How did Johnson                                          come into office and plans were thrown at him? 

He was vice president to Kennedy who was assainted and he came to power. His chief of staffs looks like they gave him the idea of the incident plan. They wanted Johnson to provoke North Vietnam.

"President John F. Kennedy was himself assassinated, and Vice President Lyndon Johnson took office. General LeMay and the Joint Chiefs of Staff advised the new president to expand the war with quick, decisive action against North Vietnam, including the bombing ofHanoi..... A short time later, however, when Hanoi responded negatively to American peace feelers, Secretary McNamara called for the formulation of an air-strike plan against North Vietnam. Devised in the summer of1964, the plan was held in abeyance."

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Source 5: (Axelrod and Charles) 

                                                         Question 3:  What was another                                                   thing promised by  President Johnson and did                                            it occur?

He promise no American men would be killed for a asian war. However, that was a lie the numbers of Americans in the war was increasing and they were dying.

"Even as the Gulf of Tonkin resolution was being passed, Lyndon Johnson assured the American public that its sons would not die fighting an Asian war. But the 1964 presidential election was scarcely over when Johnson—faced by withdrawing from or escalating the conflict—chose to commit 22,000 fresh troops. By 1965, 75,000 Americans were fighting in Vietnam; by 1966, 375,000; by the next election, over half a million. "

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Source 5:                                                                               

Axelrod, Alan, and Charles L. Phillips. "Vietnam War." Encyclopedia of Wars, Vol. 3. New York: Facts On File, 2004. Modern World History Online. Web. 21 Apr. 2015.

 Source 6 :  (Roberts, Priscilla.)                                                                                                                           Question 1: What did                                                          Johnson rely on in his re-election campaign? 

He relied on covert operations that were monitoring North Vietnamese radio and radars. As  well to the raids and water patrol by U.S destroyers.

"...so he relied extensively on covert operations, including DeSoto signals intelligence-gathering missions undertaken by American destroyers, to monitor Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV, North Vietnam) radar and radio transmissions, and Operations Plan 34A raids by South Vietnamese forces along the North Vietnamese coast."

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Source 6 :  (Roberts, Priscilla.)                                                                                                                           Question 2:  What actions were                                            taken after the resolution was passe by Johnson?

There were massive bombings and raids in NorthVietnam. This leads to the U.S in a no returning stage and offically in the war deploying many men.

"It provided the legal basis for the conflict's future expansion, including massive bombing raids on North Vietnam (which began in February 1965) and (in April 1965) a major deployment of American ground troops and the drastic expansion of such forces' operational activities within Vietnam."

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Source 6 :  (Roberts, Priscilla.)                                                                                                                          Question 3: Did the Congress                                                         regret giving President Johnson all power?

They definitely did regret their choices that they passed an act so history doesn't repeat. President are reducing all the chief executieve positiom

"Congressional reluctance ever again to give a president a similar blank check was a major factor in the passage of the 1973 War Powers Act, drastically limiting the chief executive's future ability to deploy United States troops in combat situations."

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Source 6:                                                                              

Roberts, Priscilla. "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution." Encyclopedia of American Military History, Vol. 3. New York: Facts On File, 2003. American History Online. Web. 22 Apr. 2015.