Question

Use the excerpt below to answer the question.



Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.

—Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964





Which concern was expressed about this resolution?




The resolution failed to reflect the will of the legislature and the president.


The president had already deployed U.S. troops without congressional approval.


The U.S. Constitution reserves to the Congress the right to declare war.


The legislature lacked the power under the U.S. Constitution to issue the resolution.

Answer 1

The U.S. Constitution reserves to the Congress the right to declare war.

Critics argued the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave the president broad war-making authority and effectively usurped Congress’s constitutional power to declare war.