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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two other countries did Johnson fear might get involved in the war?
(a) France and England.
(b) Japan and China.
(c) Russia and Germany.
(d) Russia and China.

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

3. What did Johnson compare his Great Society programs with at the beginning of "Things Go Wrong"?
(a) A benevolent uncle.
(b) Beautiful woman.
(c) A massive snowball.
(d) A king.

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

5. What did Congress and the Cabinet inform Johnson that he had to change in 1968?
(a) Education policy.
(b) Healthcare legislation.
(c) War policy.
(d) Standards on communication.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were killed in the Watts riots in Los Angeles?

2. What were the American people most adversely affected by in 1968?

3. How did Johnson characterize the young people who were protesting the war?

4. What did Johnson believe he could avoid if he kept the war contained through bombing strikes?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did inflation and the war affect Johnson's approval ratings between 1966 and 1968?

2. Why did Johnson think the media was sabotaging him?

3. What reasons did Johnson give Robert Kennedy for not choosing Kennedy to be on the presidential ticket with him?

4. Who was Eugene McCarthy?

5. How did Johnson respond when Robert Kennedy entered the Democratic Presidential primaries in 1967?

6. When did Johnson learn that he did not have middle America's support for his policies?

7. What was Johnson's approach to dealing with the media as President?

8. How did Johnson feel about Richard Nixon cutting his Great Society programs?

9. Why did Johnson increase ground troops in Vietnam in 1965?

10. What did Johnson say was the reason he could not let the Communists take over the South Vietnam?

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