<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a> passes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Resolution" id="mwAQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gulf of Tonkin Resolution">Gulf of Tonkin Resolution</a> giving U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" id="mwAQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> broad war powers to deal with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnam" id="mwAQU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnamese</a> attacks on American forces.<sup about="#mwt163" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-31"}}' id="cite_ref-31" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_7#cite_note-31" id="mwAQY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 31;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQc">[31]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt167" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-32"}}' id="cite_ref-32" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_7#cite_note-32" id="mwAQg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 32;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQk">[32]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-31"><cite about="#mwt160" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB-E"><a class="external text" href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s481" id="mwB-I" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Senate Vote #481 in 1964 (88th Congress)"</a>. <i id="mwB-M">GovTrack</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB-Q">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB-U">February 23,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt160" class="Z3988" id="mwB-Y" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=GovTrack&amp;rft.atitle=Senate+Vote+%23481+in+1964+%2888th+Congress%29&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.govtrack.us%2Fcongress%2Fvotes%2F88-1964%2Fs481&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+7"></span></span>