The Post Bonus Point Opportunity

True or false: Daniel Ellsberg observed and took part in military operations during the Vietnam War?

• True

• False

Why does the owner of the Washington Post need to have an initial public offering (meaning the company will be open to investors who can control and change the direction of its business)? (select all that apply)

• They are "cash poor"

• The need the money for quality reporters

• the President asked them to sell the paper

• They no longer need print media because the internet

Who commissioned the study on U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

• Lyndon Johnson

• Bob McNamara

• Neil Sheehan

• Katharine Graham

Which newspaper first published a story about the secret U.S. study on progress in Vietnam?

• The New York Times

• The Washington Post

• The New Yorker

• The Patriot News

Releasing/providing/revealing classified documents to the public is considered treason (crimes committed against the country)

• True

• False

How to President Nixon's administration respond to the initial publishing of the Pentagon Papers story by the NY Times?

• They sued the NY Times and forced them to stop publishing classified information

• They shut down the NY Times which no longer exists

• They forced the NY Times to fire their editor in chief

• They asked politely for the NY Times to stop publishing classified information

Who leaked the classified documents about the Vietnam War to the press?

• Daniel Ellsberg

• Neil Sheehan

• Lyndon Johnson

• Richard Nixon

What does Bob McNamara threaten Katharine Graham with if she publishes her paper's story on the Pentagon Papers?

• President Nixon will destroy the paper

• They will be sued by the Attorney General

• The majority shareholder for paper will be Richard Nixon

• The paper won't be able to be traded on the stock market

What effect did publishing the Pentagon Papers in the Washington Post have on other newspapers in the country?

• They also published the story despite potential reprisal from the government

• They also were targeted by an indictment from the Nixon Administration

• They chose to not publish any stories in solidarity with the Government

• They only ran certain sections of their papers to avoid being indicted

How did the publishing of the Pentagon Papers effect American Public opinion on the Vietnam War and the government?

• Americans supported the war less and distrusted the government

• Americans believed it was fake news and did not believe the story

• Americans firebombed the Washington Post headquarters in NYC

• Americans demanded a victory in the war in Vietnam