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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) Labor Secretary.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Supreme Court Justice.

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

3. In "The Great Society," where does the author say Johnson first introduced the term "Great Society" in a speech?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Texas.

4. What was Richard McNamara's title in the Johnson Administration in 1966?
(a) Secrety of Labor.
(b) Secretary of Defense.
(c) Secretary of Health and Human Resources.
(d) Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.

5. What did Johnson decide to do on March 31, 1968?
(a) Change his entire cabinet.
(b) Re-energize the Great Society program.
(c) Send new legislation on Medicare to Congress.
(d) De-escalate the war and withdraw from politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tet mean in Vietnamese?

2. Where is the Mekong river?

3. When did Johnson like to hold press conferences during his first elected term as President?

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?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who was Eugene McCarthy?

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

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

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

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