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Lesson #2 USII.20 Johnson and Vietnam Class Objectives By the end of class, you will be able to… Describe Lyndon Johnson’s policy toward communism and Vietnam. Define the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Explain the Vietcong’s guerilla tactics and how the U.S. tried to counteract them. Identify and describe the purpose of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Lyndon Johnson Johnson wanted to use caution in Vietnam however did not want South Vietnam to become a communist country. Johnson did not want to be viewed as soft on communism and lose the presidency in 1964. He escalated the conflict. The Gulf of Tonkin Res