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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Under Seige in the White House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Things Go Wrong," what does the author say Johnson hesitated over for two years before making a recommendation to Congress?
(a) Request for funds to rennovate the White House.
(b) Tax increase.
(c) Tax decrease.
(d) Request to televise debates.

2. What did Johnson feel like when he took over the office of President after Kennedy's assassination?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Illegitimate.
(c) The best person for the job.
(d) Righteous.

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

4. 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) He would be impeached.
(b) The protesters would find another issue to protest.
(c) Americans would be distraught.
(d) A place in history among the greatest leaders.

5. Where did Johnson meet Claudia "Lady Bird" Taylor?
(a) New York City.
(b) Austin.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dean Acheson say about the passage of the Civil Rights Act in "The Senate Leader"?

2. Why was Johnson in the hospital the day after he was elected to Congress in 1937?

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

4. What appointment did Johnson receive having to do with the National Youth Administration?

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

(see the answer key)

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