The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
a. authorized the president to take any measures necessary to repel attacks against U.S. forces in Vietnam.
b. called for economic and political reform in Vietnam rather than military escalation.
c. mandated an increase in the number of U.S. advisers in Vietnam.
d. forced the South Vietnamese government to hold honest elections.
ANSWER: a
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