26. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 26: Debating the Vietnam War

**Quiz for Document 26.1: Telephone Conversations between Lyndon Johnson and Senator Richard Russell (May 27, 1964)**

Quiz for Document 26.1: Telephone Conversations between Lyndon Johnson and Senator Richard Russell (May 27, 1964)

Document 26.1: Telephone Conversations between Lyndon Johnson and Senator Richard Russell (May 27, 1964)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

Question 26.1

1. This telephone conversation reveals that Lyndon Johnson approached the question of whether the United States should escalate its involvement in Vietnam with

absolute certainty that the United States should send ground troops.

the recognition that he needed to build support for war in the Senate.

deep ambivalence about the mission and its potential benefits.

strong skepticism until Russell persuades him otherwise.

Question 26.2

2. Lyndon Johnson’s conversation with Richard Russell reveals that both men tried to make sense of questions about what to do in Vietnam by considering which of the following past events?

The failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba

The Korean War

Hitler’s actions in Austria and Czechoslovakia

The Chinese revolution

Question 26.3

3. What do Lyndon Johnson and Richard Russell believe about how the American public views the issue of Vietnam in 1964?

They believe Americans are knowledgeable about Vietnam and are eager to see American troops go there to fight communism.

They believe Americans do not know much about Vietnam and that they do not care about what happens there.

They suggest that Americans have been very concerned about communism in Vietnam but that they will oppose American involvement.

They suggest that Americans don’t know about Vietnam but that once they are made aware they will support American involvement fully.

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