Author: Andrew Murphy

Credit: Wikimedia Commons Accessed: https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-09-14/what-really-happened-gulf-tonkin-1964  The Gulf of Tonkin resolution was passed on August 7, 1964. The resolution was passed after Congress was told that the U.S.S. Maddox had been targeted by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on August 2nd, 1964

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-geneva-accords-1954-3310118 The Geneva Accords were signed in July 1954. The Accords allowed France to pull its troops out of northern Vietnam while also acting as an insurance measure for other countries that were concerned about the spread of communism in