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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 feel like when he took over the office of President after Kennedy's assassination?
(a) The best person for the job.
(b) Illegitimate.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Righteous.

2. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. organize a march in 1965?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Austin, Texas.
(c) Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
(d) Columbia, South Carolina.

3. What did Johnson discourage between his staffers in his first elected term as President?
(a) Solitary offices.
(b) Communication.
(c) Working late.
(d) Distrust.

4. What was the purpose of the task forces that Johnson created on "Great Society " goals?
(a) To identify the problem and create legislation to solve it.
(b) To review previous legislation.
(c) To buy votes.
(d) To study issues and write up a report.

5. Who was Governor of the state in which King organized a march in 1965?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Wallace.
(c) Smith.
(d) Fulbright.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Richard McNamara's title in the Johnson Administration in 1966?

3. What does Tet mean in Vietnamese?

4. How many points did Johnson's approval rating drop between 1966 and 1968?

5. What role did Robert Kennedy fill under the Johnson Administration?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Johnson increase ground troops in Vietnam in 1965?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Johnson think the media was sabotaging him?

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

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

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