The gold crisis of March 1968
A. spurred the Administration to redouble its effort in South Vietnam so as to retain access to that increasingly important market.
B. was a serious economic crisis, but was largely unrelated to the war in Vietnam.
C. played an important part in President Johnson's decision to turn down General Westmoreland's request for additional troops.
D. forced General Westmoreland to divert scarce troops to defend South Vietnam's suddenly vital gold mines.
E. was a smoke screen that Johnson used to justify denying Westmoreland any further deployments.
Answer: C
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