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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 role did Robert Kennedy fill under the Johnson Administration?
(a) Supreme Court Justice.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Labor Secretary.

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

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

4. Who was Governor of the state in which King organized a march in 1965?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Fulbright.
(d) Smith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Johnson criticize college professors for believing in "Under Siege in the White House"?

2. What was one popular singer in the late 1960s that the young people of the peace movement listened to, according to the author in "Under Siege in the White House"?

3. How many social programs were created under Johnson's leadership between 1965 and 1968?

4. What did most people consider Barry Goldwater to be, according to the author in "The Transition Year"?

5. What did the North Vietnamese do during the Tet offensive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the results of the Presidential Election of 1964.

3. What was Johnson's first reaction to the Watts, Los Angeles riots in August, 1965?

4. Who was Eugene McCarthy?

5. What were some of the events that took place as the peace movement got underway in 1968?

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

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

8. How did Johnson follow through on getting Kennedy's civil rights legislation passed?

9. Why did Johnson stop meeting with his National Security Council when he was under siege?

10. Why did pilots find it difficult to find targets during the Vietnam war?

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