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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Vietnam," what does the author say that Johnson wanted to set up in Vietnam after suppressing the war?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Environmental conference.
(c) World leaders meeting.
(d) Think tank.

2. What did the elder statesman Averell Harriman observe about Johnson in the beginning of "Vietnam"?
(a) He didn't do enough.
(b) He will be remembered as a great president.
(c) He is in over his head.
(d) He will be remembered as a poor president.

3. What issue was the march that King organized originally focused on?
(a) Food aid.
(b) Minority voter rights and registration.
(c) Raising funding for churches.
(d) Economic relief.

4. What role did Robert Kennedy fill under the Johnson Administration?
(a) Labor Secretary.
(b) Secretary of State.
(c) Supreme Court Justice.
(d) Attorney General.

5. What was one popular singer in the late 1960s that the young people of the peace movement listened to, according to the author in "Under Siege in the White House"?
(a) Otis Redding.
(b) Herb Alpert.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Bee Gees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Johnson ask of Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois in "The Transition Year"?

2. Who was Governor of the state in which King organized a march in 1965?

3. In "The Great Society," where does the author say Johnson first introduced the term "Great Society" in a speech?

4. What did Congress and the Cabinet inform Johnson that he had to change in 1968?

5. What two Great Society programs does the author say "succeeded admirably in achieving their objectives"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Tet offensive and how did it affect Johnson?

2. How did Johnson first define the term "Great Society"?

3. Why did Johnson increase ground troops in Vietnam in 1965?

4. How did Johnson follow through on getting Kennedy's civil rights legislation passed?

5. Why did Johnson think the media was sabotaging him?

6. How did inflation and the war affect Johnson's approval ratings between 1966 and 1968?

7. In what ways did Johnson assert his control over his staff and cabinet?

8. Describe the results of the Presidential Election of 1964.

9. How did Johnson calm the American public after Kennedy's assassination?

10. How did Johnson respond when Robert Kennedy entered the Democratic Presidential primaries in 1967?

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