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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who said "The people know when you're sick and care when you die" about the Hill Country of Texas?
2. What were the American people most adversely affected by in 1968?
3. When did Johnson like to hold press conferences during his first elected term as President?
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. Where was Johnson on election day in 1964 when the results came in?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Johnson first define the term "Great Society"?
2. What reasons did Johnson give Robert Kennedy for not choosing Kennedy to be on the presidential ticket with him?
3. What were some of the events that took place as the peace movement got underway in 1968?
4. What caused Great Society programs to fail in the mid-1960s?
5. How did inflation and the war affect Johnson's approval ratings between 1966 and 1968?
6. Why did Johnson think the media was sabotaging him?
7. When did Johnson learn that he did not have middle America's support for his policies?
8. What role did the congressional liaison team play in Johnson's administration?
9. How did Johnson follow through on getting Kennedy's civil rights legislation passed?
10. How did Johnson calm the American public after Kennedy's assassination?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Johnson first met Claudia "Lady Bird" Taylor, what impressed him the most about her personality? How did he go about persuading her to marry him? Why did he believe she would make a good partner for him?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Johnson's first campaign for President in 1960. What erroneous assumption did he make that resulted in his failed bid? Why was John F. Kennedy's campaign more effective?
Essay Topic 3
As President, what did Johnson think about reporters? How did he try to control the media so that he would get the most favorable stories and coverage? What was his attitude toward press conferences?
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