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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As administrator of the Great Society, how big was the bureaucracy that Johnson presided over?
(a) One million employees.
(b) Two thousand employees.
(c) Nine thousand employees.
(d) Six million employees.

2. What did Johnson believe he would gain if he took a "middle course" in Vietnam and in the work on Great Society initiatives in "Under Siege in the White House"?
(a) The protesters would find another issue to protest.
(b) A place in history among the greatest leaders.
(c) He would be impeached.
(d) Americans would be distraught.

3. What was Richard McNamara's title in the Johnson Administration in 1966?
(a) Secretary of Health and Human Resources.
(b) Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
(c) Secrety of Labor.
(d) Secretary of Defense.

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

5. What did Johnson think reporters were doing in order to win Pulitzer Prizes?
(a) Discussing the progress of his Great Society programs.
(b) Sabotaging him.
(c) Writing excellent biographies about him.
(d) Writing great interviews.

6. Who was Eugene McCarthy?
(a) White House Aid.
(b) Singer.
(c) Democratic Senator who opposed Johnson in the primaries.
(d) Author.

7. What was the Economic Opportunity Act?
(a) Tax incentives for the wealthy.
(b) Program to train and employ the poorest people.
(c) Wall Street incentives.
(d) Small banks reforms.

8. 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 poor president.
(c) He will be remembered as a great president.
(d) He is in over his head.

9. Who was inaugurated on January 20, 1969?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Humphrey.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Johnson.

10. Who did Johnson say controlled the three major networks during his administration?
(a) Kennedys and Communists.
(b) Wealthy shareholders.
(c) Conservatives.
(d) Liberals.

11. Where did Johnson fly to in order to sign the Medicare Act in 1965?
(a) Independence, Missouri.
(b) Reston, Virginia.
(c) Baltimore, Maryland.
(d) Austin, Texas.

12. What political figure was assassinated in 1968?
(a) Hupert Humphrey.
(b) Eugene McCarthy.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) John Kennedy.

13. What did Johnson take control of with each department during his first elected term as President?
(a) Restaurant choices.
(b) Dress code.
(c) Budget and staffing.
(d) Cultural events.

14. What did most people consider Barry Goldwater to be, according to the author in "The Transition Year"?
(a) Right winger.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Independent.
(d) Moderate.

15. How did Johnson define the term "Great Society"?
(a) Tax progams.
(b) Social reform programs.
(c) Art and Culture programs.
(d) Space exploration progams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Johnson think would want to end the war quickly through total annihilation?

2. In June 1965, what was Johnson insisting upon about America's involvement in Vietnam?

3. According to the author in "The Great Society," what did Johnson equate predictability with?

4. What did President Nixon do to Johnson's Great Society programs?

5. What did the press report about the war in Vietnam?

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