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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What seemingly impenetrable group does LBJ need support form to reach the White House?
(a) Democrats.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Southern Bloc.
(d) Steel workers.

2. What does FDR use to maintain support of the public?
(a) Radio fireside chats.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Oppression.

3. What liberal Senator does LBJ attempt to befriend when leaders run into difficulties bringing the liberals and conservatives together?
(a) Walter George.
(b) McFarland.
(c) Hubert Humphrey.
(d) Estes Kefauver.

4. How does LBJ get to the hospital in 1955 after he suffers a massive heart attack?
(a) A friend drives.
(b) An ambluance.
(c) A hearse.
(d) He drives himself.

5. What committee is LBJ offered upon entering the Senate?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Education.
(c) Appropriations.
(d) National Security.

6. How close do the Democrats come to controlling the Senate in 1954?
(a) Five votes.
(b) Two votes.
(c) Four votes.
(d) One vote.

7. Whose influence does Olds state lead him to become less radical?
(a) Wilson.
(b) LBJ.
(c) FDR.
(d) Truman.

8. How many liberal Democrats defend Olds during his trial?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Zero.
(d) Six.

9. What does Russell Jr call McCarthy?
(a) Huckster of hysteria.
(b) Man's man.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Genius.

10. How does the constitution originally state Senators are elected?
(a) Popular vote.
(b) By the President.
(c) By the House.
(d) By state legislatures.

11. What is LBJ's goal for the 1951?
(a) A cover spread in Newsweek.
(b) Win the Republican vote.
(c) Write a new war bill.
(d) President.

12. How many siblings does LBJ have?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

13. What makes LBJ's job as Majority Leader more difficult in terms of major bills and controversial issues?
(a) Absent voting.
(b) Filibusters.
(c) Unanimous consent.
(d) Voting Blocs.

14. Who attempts to coach LBJ on proper Senate behavior?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Walter George.
(c) FDR.
(d) Richard Russell Sr.

15. How does LBJ feel in the 1950s when there is little action in the Senate?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Ostracized.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does LBJ help to be named Assistant Democratic Cloakroom for the purpose of gaining information?

2. What attracts Olds by reminding business owners of christian duties toward their workers?

3. What state is Estes Kefauver from?

4. Whose testimony supports the notion of the Truman Administration's policies containing communist aggression?

5. When is General Douglas MacArthur relieved from his command in Korea?

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