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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 12 | Part 2 Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does LBJ's personality fit into the Senate?
(a) He is less confident than other Senators.
(b) He acts like the other Senators.
(c) It is a major contrast.
(d) He is over eager.

2. What are the years from 1891-1859 considered in the Senate?
(a) The Guilded Age.
(b) The Dark Years.
(c) The Glory of the Senate.
(d) The Golden Years.

3. What is LBJ's long term political goal?
(a) Speaker of the House.
(b) Senior Senator.
(c) Presidency.
(d) Vice President.

4. What group is LBJ named director of at age 26?
(a) Natinal Youth Administration for Texas.
(b) Federal Trade Administration.
(c) Senate.
(d) Young Republicans.

5. What does Richard Bevard Russell Jr. become known as after his father's death?
(a) Head of the House.
(b) Grandfather Dick.
(c) Uncle Sam.
(d) Uncle Dick.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many liberal Democrats defend Olds during his trial?

2. What is required to override a Senator's right to extend discussion on a proposed bill?

3. Whose influence does Olds state lead him to become less radical?

4. What do the desks of the Senate look like to an observer?

5. How does the Southern Bloc in the Senate defend Jim Crow against the Northern Liberals?

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