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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. How many points did Johnson's approval rating drop between 1966 and 1968?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Thirty-six.
2. 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.
3. What did Congress and the Cabinet inform Johnson that he had to change in 1968?
(a) Healthcare legislation.
(b) Standards on communication.
(c) War policy.
(d) Education policy.
4. What did the elder statesman Averell Harriman observe about Johnson in the beginning of "Vietnam"?
(a) He will be remembered as a great president.
(b) He didn't do enough.
(c) He is in over his head.
(d) He will be remembered as a poor president.
5. How did Johnson characterize the young people who were protesting the war?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Disrespectful.
(c) As naive.
(d) Lazy.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Johnson announce his withdrawal as a candidate for President?
2. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. organize a march in 1965?
3. What did Johnson discourage between his staffers in his first elected term as President?
4. What was the Economic Opportunity Act?
5. By June, 1965, how many American troops were fighting on the ground in Vietnam?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Johnson say was the reason he could not let the Communists take over the South Vietnam?
2. Describe the results of the Presidential Election of 1964.
3. How did Johnson respond when Robert Kennedy entered the Democratic Presidential primaries in 1967?
4. Why did Johnson think the media was sabotaging him?
5. How did Johnson follow through on getting Kennedy's civil rights legislation passed?
6. How did Johnson first define the term "Great Society"?
7. What was Johnson's approach to dealing with the media as President?
8. What reasons did Johnson give Robert Kennedy for not choosing Kennedy to be on the presidential ticket with him?
9. How did Johnson calm the American public after Kennedy's assassination?
10. What was the Tet offensive and how did it affect Johnson?
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