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

2. What did Johnson call Robert Kennedy in "The Withdrawal"?
(a) Confused.
(b) His worst nightmare.
(c) His closest adviser.
(d) A good choice for President.

3. Who was Johnson's political hero?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) John Kennedy.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Ike Eisenhower.

4. Who told Johnson that if he didn't run for President it would show a lack of courage and be wrong for the country?
(a) Lady Bird.
(b) Robert Kennedy.
(c) His father.
(d) Thomas Dodd.

5. Where was Johnson on election day in 1964 when the results came in?
(a) Virginia.
(b) California.
(c) White House.
(d) At his home in Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two Great Society programs does the author say "succeeded admirably in achieving their objectives"?

2. What issue was the march that King organized originally focused on?

3. What did Johnson ask each member of Kennedy's cabinet after Kennedy's assassination?

4. What did President Nixon do to Johnson's Great Society programs?

5. What did Johnson ask of Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois in "The Transition Year"?

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 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. Why did Johnson think the media was sabotaging him?

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

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

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

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

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

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