quiz yourself

1. In 1972 journalist David Halberstam called the Kennedy/Johnson administration this.

 
 
 
 

2. This was the second longest running Western TV show.

 
 
 
 

3. In the US during World War II there were about this many Conscientious Objectors (COs) who opposed war in any form.

 
 
 
 




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