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

3. What job did Robert McNamara take in 1967?

4. What was the public's reaction to Robert Kennedy during his 1968 campaign for President that Johnson did not like?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who was Eugene McCarthy?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Johnson's relationship with his parents when he was growing up. What did his parents expect of him, and how did these expectations shape him? Provide specific examples to support your opinion.

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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