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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In "Vietnam," what does the author say that Johnson wanted to set up in Vietnam after suppressing the war?
(a) Think tank.
(b) Democracy.
(c) World leaders meeting.
(d) Environmental conference.

3. In 1968, what was the number of casualties in the Vietnam war?
(a) Two thousand.
(b) One hundred thirty thousand.
(c) Twenty thousand.
(d) Sixty thousand.

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

5. What were the American people most adversely affected by in 1968?
(a) Stormy weather.
(b) Lack of organic food.
(c) Inflation.
(d) Poor drinking water.

6. What job did Robert McNamara take in 1967?
(a) Curator of Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(b) Directorship of the World Bank.
(c) Senator.
(d) Supreme Court Justice.

7. Where is the Mekong river?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) China.
(d) Japan.

8. What does Tet mean in Vietnamese?
(a) New Year.
(b) Political choices.
(c) Beginning again.
(d) War.

9. What did Johnson decide to do on March 31, 1968?
(a) De-escalate the war and withdraw from politics.
(b) Send new legislation on Medicare to Congress.
(c) Change his entire cabinet.
(d) Re-energize the Great Society program.

10. Who did Johnson appoint to the Supreme Court that he thought mothers would name their newborn sons after?
(a) Earl Warren.
(b) William Brennan.
(c) Warren Burger.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

11. What did Johnson want most from his advisers in "Under Siege in the White House"?
(a) Different points of view.
(b) Open, honest discussion.
(c) Debate.
(d) Agreement.

12. As administrator of the Great Society, how big was the bureaucracy that Johnson presided over?
(a) One million employees.
(b) Nine thousand employees.
(c) Two thousand employees.
(d) Six million employees.

13. How many social programs were created under Johnson's leadership between 1965 and 1968?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Eighty.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Twenty.

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

15. What did Johnson take control of with each department during his first elected term as President?
(a) Restaurant choices.
(b) Dress code.
(c) Cultural events.
(d) Budget and staffing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What 1960s movie did the author watch with Johnson at his ranch in Texas that Johnson disliked?

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

4. What did Johnson think reporters were doing in order to win Pulitzer Prizes?

5. What issue was the march that King organized originally focused on?

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