Deck 8: Lbj the Trial of Consensus

Question 1

LyndonJohnson was raised in

A) Texas
B) Virginia
C) California
D) Oklahoma

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Johnson came to Washington as a congressman in 1937 and quickly identified himself with the

A) New Deal liberalism
B) American Community Party
C) Conservative, southern Democrats
D) Progressive liberals

Answer 2

A

Question 3

After FDR's death, Johnson

A) Moved left and favored the expansion of the social welfare programs of the New Deal
B) Moved to the right, and became a Cold Warrior
C) Remained a staunch internationalist
D) Retired from politics

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Johnson was first elected to the senate in

A) 1937
B) 1944
C) 1948
D) 1960

Question 5

One of Johnson's major assets as a senator was

A) His skill as a public speaker
B) His ability to forge compromise
C) His family wealth
D) His good looks

Question 6

Johnson was unable to secure the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination because

A) His commitment to behind-the-scenes leadership denied him the public appeal that Kennedy had
B) He didn't have the legislative experience of Kennedy
C) He was not seen as experienced enough on foreign policy
D) He didn't want to be in the limelight

Question 7

After Kennedy's assassination, Johnson dedicated himself to

A) Putting his own stamp on the presidency
B) Forging a new consensus, in line with his own policy goals
C) Undoing the promises Kennedy had made in 1963
D) Carrying out Kennedy's political legacy

Question 8

In his first speech to Congress, Johnson tied Kennedy's legacy to

A) The Cold War and the fight against Communism
B) New Deal-style social programs
C) The passage of the Civil Rights Bill
D) Victory over Cuba

Question 9

-This picture of Lyndon Johnson and NAACP leader Roy Wilkins shows

A) Johnson reaching out to various leaders, seeking support after Kennedy's assassination
B) Johnson's longtime commitment to civil rights
C) Johnson's commitment to segregation
D) Johnson's basic conservatism on civil rights

Question 10

Along with the Civil Rights Act, Johnson pushed Congress to

A) Immediately protect voting rights
B) Increase military spending in Vietnam
C) Pass JFK's tax act
D) All of the above

Question 11

Along with the tax act, Johnson adopted a set of poverty programs from Kennedy, including

A) Job training
B) Education
C) Improved healthcare
D) All of the above

Question 12

The Great Society became

A) The way that Johnson fulfilled Kennedy's legacy
B) Johnson's attempt to cement his own legacy
C) The one idea of Kennedy's that Johnson did not follow through on
D) More about combating communism than wiping out poverty

Question 13

The aim of the Great Society was to

A) End communism
B) End warfare
C) End poverty and racial injustice
D) End partisan conflict

Question 14

The nomination of Barry Goldwater as the Republican candidate for president in 1964 benefited Johnson because Goldwater was

A) A right-wing conservative
B) The epitome of a moderate
C) A liberal-leaning Republican
D) Not effectively anticommunist

Question 15

Johnson's effort to join the issues of poverty and civil rights made sense because, in 1955, _______ of all Black families fell into the poverty bracket.

A) 12%
B) 23%
C) 37%
D) 43%

Question 16

Postwar prosperity had

A) Diminished the number of families earning below the poverty line
B) Increased the wealth of the bottom 20% of society
C) Increased the wealth of the middle 50% of society
D) Decreased the wealth of the top 10% of society

Question 17

In planning the war on poverty, the Johnson administration chose the route of

A) Redistributing society's rewards more evenly based on an investment of funds in the public sector
B) Giving the poor enough money to allow them to rise above the poverty line
C) Giving individuals opportunities to overcome the disabilities that surrounded them if they wished to
D) Focusing on issues of race rather than economic issues

Question 18

Community Action Programs became a staple of the war on poverty because

A) They provided a large-scale employment program
B) They provided job training and education to the poor
C) The seemed like an inexpensive way to transform the attitude and character of the poor, thereby turning the cycle of poverty around
D) They had the potential to foster class struggle

Question 19

The Head Start Program

A) Aided disadvantaged high schoolers
B) Provided free school lunches to students who qualified
C) Provided early education to preschool students
D) Provided job training

Question 20

The CAP backfired by

A) Creating a struggle for power between the poor and local governments
B) Becoming a talking point for Republicans to use against the Johnson agenda
C) Encouraging income redistribution
D) Being too expensive