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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 did Johnson define the term "Great Society"?
(a) Social reform programs.
(b) Space exploration progams.
(c) Art and Culture programs.
(d) Tax progams.

2. Who was Eugene McCarthy?
(a) White House Aid.
(b) Singer.
(c) Author.
(d) Democratic Senator who opposed Johnson in the primaries.

3. What did Johnson think reporters were doing in order to win Pulitzer Prizes?
(a) Sabotaging him.
(b) Writing excellent biographies about him.
(c) Writing great interviews.
(d) Discussing the progress of his Great Society programs.

4. Where did Johnson announce his withdrawal as a candidate for President?
(a) Democratic National Convention.
(b) Speech in California.
(c) White House televised speech.
(d) Before Congress.

5. What did President Nixon do to Johnson's Great Society programs?
(a) Supported them all.
(b) Refined them.
(c) Gave them more funding.
(d) Ended many of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Johnson take control of with each department during his first elected term as President?

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

3. What country was Ho Chi Minh the leader of in 1965?

4. What did Johnson believe he would gain if he took a "middle course" in Vietnam and in the work on Great Society initiatives in "Under Siege in the White House"?

5. What did Johnson compare his Great Society programs with at the beginning of "Things Go Wrong"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who was Eugene McCarthy?

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

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

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