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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 did Johnson ask of Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois in "The Transition Year"?
(a) To ask other senators about their interests.
(b) His support on civil rights legislation.
(c) To come to the White House for dinner and conversation.
(d) To help him with his speech to Congress.

2. What were the American people most adversely affected by in 1968?
(a) Inflation.
(b) Stormy weather.
(c) Poor drinking water.
(d) Lack of organic food.

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

4. How many social programs were created under Johnson's leadership between 1965 and 1968?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Eighty.

5. What was the Economic Opportunity Act?
(a) Small banks reforms.
(b) Program to train and employ the poorest people.
(c) Tax incentives for the wealthy.
(d) Wall Street incentives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was inaugurated on January 20, 1969?

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

3. As administrator of the Great Society, how big was the bureaucracy that Johnson presided over?

4. Who did Johnson choose to be his Vice President in the 1964 Presidential election?

5. What did Johnson decide to do on March 31, 1968?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Tet offensive and how did it affect Johnson?

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

3. Why did Johnson decide not to seek reelection for the Presidency?

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

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

6. What caused Great Society programs to fail in the mid-1960s?

7. How did Johnson first define the term "Great Society"?

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

9. In what ways did Johnson assert his control over his staff and cabinet?

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

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