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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 people were killed in the Watts riots in Los Angeles?
(a) Six hundred.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two hundred twenty-five.
(d) One hundred.

2. What did most people consider Barry Goldwater to be, according to the author in "The Transition Year"?
(a) Moderate.
(b) Right winger.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Independent.

3. In "The Transition Year," about how many hours does the author say Johnson slept each night?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Nine.
(d) Ten.

4. What kind of popular majority did Johnson win in 1964?
(a) Greatest ever.
(b) Smallest ever.
(c) Less than Kennedy.
(d) Equal to Roosevelt.

5. How many points did Johnson's approval rating drop between 1966 and 1968?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirty-six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the press report about the war in Vietnam?

2. What did Johnson propose in a televised speech before Congress immediately following the King march in 1965?

3. What did Johnson discourage between his staffers in his first elected term as President?

4. Who did Johnson say controlled the three major networks during his administration?

5. What legislation passed on August 20, 1964?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Johnson calm the American public after Kennedy's assassination?

2. What role did the congressional liaison team play in Johnson's administration?

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

4. Why did Johnson keep the public and Congress uninformed about his actions in Vietnam in 1965?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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