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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. What legislation passed on August 20, 1964?
(a) The Poverty Reduction Act.
(b) Massive tax cut.
(c) Economic Opportunity Act.
(d) Education reform.

2. What was Johnson haunted by during his three-month convalescence at home in 1955?
(a) Childhood fear of paralysis.
(b) His mother's health.
(c) His father's death.
(d) His grandfather's expectations.

3. How many points did Johnson's approval rating drop between 1966 and 1968?
(a) Thirty-six.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Ten.

4. Who told Johnson that if he didn't run for President it would show a lack of courage and be wrong for the country?
(a) His father.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) Lady Bird.
(d) Thomas Dodd.

5. What city was Hubert Humphrey mayor of?
(a) Boston.
(b) Minneapolis.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state did the New York Times writer William S. White come from?

2. What was Richard McNamara's title in the Johnson Administration in 1966?

3. What position did Johnson get elected to on January 3, 1953?

4. As administrator of the Great Society, how big was the bureaucracy that Johnson presided over?

5. Who was Robert Baker?

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