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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Things Go Wrong.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Johnson have to stay in the hospital after he got sick in 1955?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Twenty weeks.
(d) Three days.

2. What did Johnson's public statement about the 84th Congress express when he returned from his three-month convalescence?
(a) Pride.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Anger.

3. What did President Nixon do to Johnson's Great Society programs?
(a) Ended many of them.
(b) Refined them.
(c) Gave them more funding.
(d) Supported them all.

4. Who was Robert Baker?
(a) Johnson's page.
(b) Secretary to the Senate Democrats.
(c) Johnson's gardener.
(d) Lady Bird's cousin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many points did Johnson's approval rating drop between 1966 and 1968?

2. What grade did Johnson give his Vice President?

3. Who did Johnson choose to be his Vice President in the 1964 Presidential election?

4. What is the name of the caucus that Johnson declined to be part of in the Senate?

5. In "Things Go Wrong," what does the author say Johnson hesitated over for two years before making a recommendation to Congress?

(see the answer key)

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