Problem: The text is an excerpt from the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964. "Whereas these attackers are part of deliberate and systematic campaign of aggression that the Communist regime in North Vietnam has been waging against its neighbors and the nations joined with them in the collective defense of their freedom; and Whereas the United States is assisting the peoples of southeast Asia to protest their freedom and has no territorial, military or political ambitions in that area, but desires only that these people should be left in peace to work out their destinies in their own way: Now, therefore be it 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." Based on the excerpt, which statement explains the impact of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? It was an official declaration of war against North Vietnam. It announced Congress's opposition to military action in Vietnam. It provided economic assistance to people resisting communism in Vietnam. It authorized President Johnson to escalate military involvement in Vietnam. Need Assignment Help?