What initial policy choices did President Johnson make with respect to Vietnam? Why?
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Johnson believed that American credibility was at stake in Vietnam.
Faced with the choice of escalating U.S. involvement to prevent an NLF victory or withdrawing entirely from the country, Johnson escalated.
He believed he had to preserve a noncommunist South Vietnam or else face a debilitating backlash from Republicans.
Johnson portrayed the Gulf of Tonkin incident as one of unprovoked Communist aggression, and Congress expressed almost unanimous support through its Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
With this expression of Congressional support, Johnson ordered American planes to begin bombing North Vietnam, and the first American combat troops into South Vietnam in March 1965.
In July, the administration added 100,000 more soldiers, with more to follow as necessary.
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Give background info on the Dred Scott v Sandford case of 1857
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The labor policy of the Wilson administration during World War I
A) showed little concern for the working conditions of women and children. B) sought to protect and extend the rights of organized labor. C) declared the American Federation of Labor illegal. D) staunchly opposed efforts to unionize American workers.
Allied strategists in World War II decided
A) to concentrate their forces against Japan before challenging the Germans. B) to concentrate their forces against the Germans first. C) there was little possibility that Germany might invade Great Britain. D) that a German defeat of the Soviets would be unimportant.