Which statement about the Gulf of Tonkin incident is true?

Which statement about the Gulf of Tonkin incident is true?

A. It led to renewed French involvement in Vietnam.

B. It led to more U.S. troops in Vietnam.

c. It led to a cease-fire in Vietnam.

D. It led to a new election in Vietnam.

Answer: B. It led to more U.S. troops in Vietnam.

In the month of August 1964, two attacks on the U.S. naval forces by the forces of North Vietnam occurred according to a claim. What is undisputed though, is that this administration used both the details and justifications for escalating the war in Vietnam as an argument for the increased military presence. As a consequence, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which gave the president wide range of war powers to aid anyway a South East Asian state against aggression. In most cases that followed, the United States dispatched more and more troops to Vietnam for fighting along with the South Vietnamese government against the communist Viet Cong and Northern Vietnam soldiers