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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. Where is the Mekong river?

2. Who was Johnson's political hero?

3. Who said "The people know when you're sick and care when you die" about the Hill Country of Texas?

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

5. Who was Eugene McCarthy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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