The gulf of tonkin resolution: question 27 options: was a nonbinding measure that passed both the house and senate calling for peace negotiations between north and south vietnam. was opposed by the majority of lawmakers in congress. authorized a ground invasion of u. s. troops into north vietnam. authorized the president to take "all necessary measures to repel armed attack" in vietnam.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution  authorized the president to take "all necessary measures to repel armed attack" in Vietnam.

This resolution had significant consequences for the Vietnam War and beyond that time.  In regard to the Vietnam War, it provided the justification for the president, Lyndon Johnson, to escalate US involvement in the war and magnify the number of US troops there by hundreds of thousands.  In US foreign policy in general, it represented an increase of the power of the Commander in Chief (the president) to deploy troops without getting formal approval in advance from Congress.

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