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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 told Johnson that if he didn't run for President it would show a lack of courage and be wrong for the country?

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

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

4. What does Tet mean in Vietnamese?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Johnson learn that he did not have middle America's support for his policies?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who was Eugene McCarthy?

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

9. How did Johnson feel about Richard Nixon cutting his Great Society programs?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johnson campaign for President in 1964 "went exactly as planned." What made this campaign so successful? How was he perceived by the American public as he stumped for votes? What issues and promises did he run on?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Johnson's role as President after John F. Kennedy was assassinated. What was he aware of and sensitive about regarding the public's love of Kennedy? Did he create a smooth transition for the American public? How?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Johnson's final years. What project did he like working on the best? Why was it difficult for him to write his memoirs? How did seeing his Great Society programs cut by Nixon impact his life?

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