27. Use the excerpt below to answer the question.

"In early August 1964, two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam radioed that they had been fired upon by North Vietnamese forces."
—"U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War," Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State

How did President Lyndon B. Johnson respond to this event?

A. by requesting a meeting with the North Vietnamese leader
B. by ordering a bombing raid on Saigon
C. by asking the Soviet government for assistance
D. by requesting the expansion of military involvement in Vietnam

President Lyndon B. Johnson responded to the Gulf of Tonkin incident by requesting the expansion of military involvement in Vietnam. After reports of attacks on U.S. destroyers by North Vietnamese forces, Johnson used this event to escalate American presence in the region. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, granting Johnson authority to deploy troops to defend South Vietnam.

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