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

**Quiz for Document 26.3: Herbert Block, “Our Position Hasn’t Changed at All,” Washington Post (June 17, 1965)**

Quiz for Document 26.3: Herbert Block, “Our Position Hasn’t Changed at All,” Washington Post (June 17, 1965)

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

1. The escalator in this cartoon is meant to represent

Johnson’s escalating pattern of lying about Americans’ role in Vietnam.

Johnson’s increasing expansion of executive powers.

Johnson’s escalation of the conflict in Vietnam.

the American public’s increasing skepticism about Johnson’s leadership.

2. The message of this cartoon indicates that Herbert Block held which of the following opinions about Lyndon Johnson?

Respect

Contempt

Pride

Distrust

3. Herbert Block’s creation and publication of this cartoon were most likely a direct response to which of the following events?

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

The initiation of Operation Rolling Thunder

The United States’ recent deployment of 20,000 ground troops to Vietnam

Revelations about Johnson’s secret bombing of Cambodia

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