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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. What Vietnamese people did Johnson want to help in the Vietnam War?
(a) Viet Cong.
(b) South Vietnamese.
(c) North Vietnamese.
(d) Communists of Hanoi.

2. In "The Great Society," where does the author say Johnson first introduced the term "Great Society" in a speech?
(a) Texas.
(b) Georgia.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) Washington, D.C.

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

4. By June, 1965, how many American troops were fighting on the ground in Vietnam?
(a) Six thousand.
(b) Eleven thousand.
(c) Fifty thousand
(d) One hundred thousand.

5. What was the name of the hotel where Johnson lived when he first went to Washington?
(a) Dodge Hotel.
(b) Crowne Plaza.
(c) Hotel Rouge.
(d) Fairmount Hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Richard Kleberg most interested in in Washington?

2. Who was one author invited to the White House in the early 1960s?

3. How long did Johnson have to stay in the hospital after he got sick in 1955?

4. When did Johnson resume his position in the Senate after his illness in 1955?

5. Where did Johnson fly to in order to sign the Medicare Act in 1965?

(see the answer key)

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