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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the public's reaction to Robert Kennedy during his 1968 campaign for President that Johnson did not like?
(a) Lukewarm
(b) Hostile.
(c) Angry.
(d) Enthusiastic.

2. What did Johnson ask each member of Kennedy's cabinet after Kennedy's assassination?
(a) To leave so he could put in his own staff.
(b) To stay on out of loyalty to Kennedy.
(c) To give an oath of secrecy.
(d) To leave at the beginning of the new year.

3. How many people were killed in the Watts riots in Los Angeles?
(a) Six hundred.
(b) Two hundred twenty-five.
(c) Ten.
(d) One hundred.

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

5. What was Richard McNamara's title in the Johnson Administration in 1966?
(a) Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
(b) Secrety of Labor.
(c) Secretary of Defense.
(d) Secretary of Health and Human Resources.

6. 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 for funds to rennovate the White House.
(c) Tax increase.
(d) Request to televise debates.

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

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

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

10. What did Johnson think reporters were doing in order to win Pulitzer Prizes?
(a) Sabotaging him.
(b) Discussing the progress of his Great Society programs.
(c) Writing great interviews.
(d) Writing excellent biographies about him.

11. Who did Johnson think would want to end the war quickly through total annihilation?
(a) Generals.
(b) CIA.
(c) Defense Secretary.
(d) Conservatives in Congress.

12. Who was Eugene McCarthy?
(a) Democratic Senator who opposed Johnson in the primaries.
(b) White House Aid.
(c) Author.
(d) Singer.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of popular majority did Johnson win in 1964?

2. What did the elder statesman Averell Harriman observe about Johnson in the beginning of "Vietnam"?

3. What job did Robert McNamara take in 1967?

4. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. organize a march in 1965?

5. What did Johnson call Robert Kennedy in "The Withdrawal"?

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