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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Johnson say he needed before they could move against the North?

2. What does Halberstam say was decided at the April 20, 1965 meeting in Honolulu?

3. When did McNamara say the U.S. would be out of Vietnam, when he visited the country?

4. How did McNamara's position on bombing change over time?

5. What does Halberstam say was the result of the Spring Offensive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Halberstam say McNamara found in Vietnam when the Johnson administration took over?

2. What was the result of the first direct confrontation with Vietcong and American troops?

3. What were the questions people were asking on the issue of bombing the North?

4. What was the public story of the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and what was the truth?

5. What does Halberstam say happened when Westmoreland assumed control?

6. What was President Johnson's position regarding Vietnam in the early days of his presidency?

7. What were the alternatives the staff in Vietnam laid out for Maxwell Taylor when he visited Vietnam in the fall of 1964?

8. How did the reality of the war become public information?

9. What was Dean Rusk's role in Vietnam after Kennedy's assassination?

10. What does Halberstam say was Johnson's approach to paying for the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyzing the evidence from Halberstam's text, describe the change that took place in American minds as a result of the Vietnam War. Put another way: Compare and contrast the administrations that preceded Kennedy's administration, and the Nixon administration, which followed the Johnson administration. How does Halberstam describe the different cultures that existed before and after the Vietnam war?

Essay Topic 2

Argue for the appropriateness or the inappropriateness of executive secrecy as it was used during the Johnson administration. What factors and evidence mitigates the need for executive transparency? What factors and evidence makes transparency an absolute requirement?

Essay Topic 3

Did the Vietnam War mark a change in American ideology? Was the concept of natural rights changed or abandoned? Was Vietnam a war like other wars America had fought, or was it unprecedented? How did the U.S. government's response to the opposition to the war change the nature of citizenship and political activity in America?

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