- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, plunged to -26 degrees on Jan. 17, their coldest temperature in 111 years. - Montgomery, Alabama (-2), Jackson, Mississippi (-5), and Atlanta (-5) each plunged below zero. - Snow at rush hour on Jan. 11 slickened streets, stranding motorists in Atlanta.
The American public was incensed, and Johnson requested from Congress the authority to take âall necessary stepsâ to protect U.S. interests in Vietnam. Congress complied and passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in August 1964.
  Because it was a CIVIL War between North and South Vietnam and Congress did not believe we needed to declare war, so instead Kennedy sent troops to Vietnam without a dec â¦ laration of war.Hope this helps whoever asked the question, cause I have a report on the war due tomorrow.ongress passed a joint resolution to take military action against the National Liberation Front (aka Viet Cong) on August 7, 1964, by a nearly unanimous vote of 88-2 in the Senate and 416-0 in the House.