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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 did Johnson think would want to end the war quickly through total annihilation?

2. Who was Eugene McCarthy?

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

4. Why did Johnson avoid meetings with the National Security Council in "Under Siege in the White House"?

5. What legislation passed on August 20, 1964?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What caused Great Society programs to fail in the mid-1960s?

7. How did Johnson calm the American public after Kennedy's assassination?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of control as it pertains to Johnson's leadership style. How did Johnson dominate his cabinet and staff when he was President? What practices did he put into place to secure his control? Why did he think this was necessary?

Essay Topic 2

Using the Civil Rights Act and NASA as two examples, discuss how Johnson was an effective mediator and champion for historic initiatives in 1957. How did he see these two initiatives as necessary to a stronger America? What actions did he take to champion these causes?

Essay Topic 3

What was Johnson's philosophy behind the Great Society programs? What did he see as the problems in society at that time, and how did he hope to correct them through reform? Was the American public supportive of his legislative measures? Which ones in particular?

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