What event prompted the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
North Vietnam attacked a US warship.
South Vietnam elected Viet Cong politicians.
South Vietnam sent troops into North Vietnam.
North Vietnam assassinated the president of South Vietnam.
The resolution was prompted by two separate attacks on two U.S. Navy destroyers, U.S.S. Maddox and U.S.S. Turner Joy, which allegedly occurred on August 2 and August 4, 1964, respectively.
