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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In June 1965, what was Johnson insisting upon about America's involvement in Vietnam?
(a) He was not a supporter of the war.
(b) The U.S. had never done bomb strikes in Vietnam.
(c) The U.S. was not at war.
(d) The U.S. was fully in the war and needed public support.

2. What did the elder statesman Averell Harriman observe about Johnson in the beginning of "Vietnam"?
(a) He didn't do enough.
(b) He will be remembered as a poor president.
(c) He is in over his head.
(d) He will be remembered as a great president.

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

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

5. What did Johnson discourage between his staffers in his first elected term as President?
(a) Communication.
(b) Working late.
(c) Solitary offices.
(d) Distrust.

6. 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.

7. When did Johnson like to hold press conferences during his first elected term as President?
(a) Noontime on Tuesdays.
(b) On weekends.
(c) Thursdays before the 6 pm news.
(d) During weekdays.

8. What country was Ho Chi Minh the leader of in 1965?
(a) North Vietnam.
(b) South Vietnam.
(c) East Vietnam.
(d) West Vietnam.

9. What did the press report about the war in Vietnam?
(a) Medical needs of soldiers.
(b) American troops successes and Hanoi's failures.
(c) The beauty of the landscape.
(d) Profiles of Vietnamese leaders.

10. Where was Johnson on election day in 1964 when the results came in?
(a) Virginia.
(b) California.
(c) White House.
(d) At his home in Texas.

11. How did Johnson characterize the young people who were protesting the war?
(a) As naive.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Disrespectful.
(d) Lazy.

12. What political figure was assassinated in 1968?
(a) Eugene McCarthy.
(b) John Kennedy.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) Hupert Humphrey.

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

14. Who did Johnson choose to be his Vice President in the 1964 Presidential election?
(a) William Fulbright.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) John Stevenson.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tet mean in Vietnamese?

2. Who did Johnson think would want to end the war quickly through total annihilation?

3. What role did Robert Kennedy fill under the Johnson Administration?

4. What did Johnson compare his Great Society programs with at the beginning of "Things Go Wrong"?

5. What did Johnson ask of Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois in "The Transition Year"?

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