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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said "The people know when you're sick and care when you die" about the Hill Country of Texas?
(a) Johnson's mother.
(b) Lady Bird.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Johnson's father.

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

3. What did Johnson criticize college professors for believing in "Under Siege in the White House"?
(a) Giving their students easy As.
(b) Being soft and acting nice as a way to get peace.
(c) Being too tough on their students.
(d) Cancelling classes to protest along with their students.

4. What issue was the march that King organized originally focused on?
(a) Raising funding for churches.
(b) Economic relief.
(c) Food aid.
(d) Minority voter rights and registration.

5. What kind of popular majority did Johnson win in 1964?
(a) Smallest ever.
(b) Greatest ever.
(c) Less than Kennedy.
(d) Equal to Roosevelt.

6. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. organize a march in 1965?
(a) Columbia, South Carolina.
(b) Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
(c) Austin, Texas.
(d) Washington, D.C.

7. Where was President Kennedy assassinated?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Florida.

8. What was the purpose of the task forces that Johnson created on "Great Society " goals?
(a) To identify the problem and create legislation to solve it.
(b) To review previous legislation.
(c) To study issues and write up a report.
(d) To buy votes.

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

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

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

12. What did Johnson call Robert Kennedy in "The Withdrawal"?
(a) His worst nightmare.
(b) His closest adviser.
(c) A good choice for President.
(d) Confused.

13. How many American soldiers were killed when the Vietcong guerrillas raided a U.S. advisers' barracks in Pleiku on February 6, 1965?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Two.
(d) Nine.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Johnson avoid meetings with the National Security Council in "Under Siege in the White House"?

2. When did Johnson like to hold press conferences during his first elected term as President?

3. What was the public's reaction to Robert Kennedy during his 1968 campaign for President that Johnson did not like?

4. Where did Johnson announce his withdrawal as a candidate for President?

5. What did Johnson propose in a televised speech before Congress immediately following the King march in 1965?

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