Multiple Choice -- 40%  [NOTE:  See quizzes and notes for lecture and textbook subjects.]

Essay -- 60%

Answer one (1) of the following questions with an extended essay that draws upon class lectures and assigned readings.  Be sure to answer all parts of the question you select.

[NOTE:  On your test, you will have two essays from which to choose.]

1.    What did Lyndon Johnson hope to create with his “Great Society?”
       [HINT:  Discuss LBJs personal and political background.]

Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph as you answer the question above.

• How did Johnson use Kennedy's death to launch the War on Poverty?
• What were the principle aims of the Great Society?
• Why did Johnson ensure passage of the Civil Rights Act?
• How did LBJ use violence to push through the Voting Rights Act?
• Did the war in Vietnam undermine the Great Society?

Remember to define your terms.  Be sure to give examples.

2.    Why did Lyndon Johnson believe the United States had to intervene in Vietnam?
       [HINT:  Explain the “domino theory” and containment in Vietnam.]

 Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph as you answer the question above.

• Why did Johnson deceive America with the Tonkin Gulf incident?
• Why did LBJ commit US troops in Vietnam?
• What did the US and Vietnamese learn after battle in the Ia Drang Valley?
• Did the US Army believe “search and destroy” missions would win the war?
• Why did the Johnson believe bombing would force North Vietnam to accept US demands?”

Remember to define your terms.  Be sure to give examples.

3.     How did the war in Vietnam shape the Movement between 1964-1968?
       [HINT:  Define the Movement.]

Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph as you answer the question above.

• Why did so many middle-class white students join the Movement?
• How did students push civil rights in 1964-1965?
• Why did so many African Americans embrace “black power?”
• Why did so many women fight for “women's lib?”
• Why did the the growing divisions of the Movement unite against the war?

Remember to define your terms.  Be sure to give examples.

4.    Why did so many young people reject the American Way of Life?
       [HINT:  Who were the “hippies?”]

Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph as you answer the question above.

• What was the connection between the cold war and the American Way of Life?
• Why did so many middle-class white students join the Movement?
• Why did so many women fight for “women's lib?
• Why did hippies reject the US rationale for war in Vietnam?
• Why did hippies believe they could change the world with “Peace, love, and rock and roll?”

Remember to define your terms.  Be sure to give examples.

NOTE:  Use your Blue Book to write your essay.  Material written on the test sheet will NOT be considered.  Stay cool and keep moving.

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