Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Test | Final Test - Easy

Robert Caro
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many votes short is LBJ for the support of his Civil Rights bill?
(a) 23.
(b) 14.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

2. What does the Senate do when LBJ is welcomed back from his heart attack and recovery in 1956?
(a) Give him a Standing Ovation.
(b) Resume business.
(c) Bring him up to date.
(d) Vote for him to keep his position.

3. Who reigns in the southern Senators when they threaten to filibuster?
(a) Graham.
(b) Russell.
(c) Church.
(d) LBJ.

4. Who wins the 1956 nomination?
(a) LBJ.
(b) Russell.
(c) Humphrey.
(d) Stevenson.

5. Who does LBJ assign as acting Whip in 1956?
(a) Hunphrey.
(b) Smathers.
(c) Russell.
(d) Rowe.

6. What does a change in Texas law allow LBJ to do in 1960?
(a) Run for VP and Senate at the same time.
(b) Be a Senator and VP at the same time.
(c) Request state funding for campaign.
(d) Run for additional Senate terms.

7. What amendment does LBJ decide to hold fast to within the Civil Rights legislation?
(a) Part V.
(b) Part VI.
(c) Part III.
(d) Part IV.

8. As a congressman, what does LBJ do for poor families in Texas Hill Country?
(a) Provide English Language classes.
(b) Fund better education.
(c) Get them electricity.
(d) Decrease taxes.

9. Who conducts the longest one man filibuster described in chapter 41?
(a) Thurmond.
(b) Russell.
(c) LBJ.
(d) Church.

10. What does Lady Bird consider the happiest years of her life?
(a) The Texas NYA years.
(b) The White House Years.
(c) The college years.
(d) The Senate years.

11. What does LBJ resign from the Texas NYA?
(a) He is not properly serving the people.
(b) It is interfering with his principles.
(c) To run for Congress.
(d) He is done with social service.

12. Who is denied an American burial in 1945?
(a) A poor white soldier.
(b) An African American soldier.
(c) An Chinese immigrant.
(d) A Mexican American Private, Felix Longoria.

13. How many Senators are on the Judiciary Committee in 1956 just before the Democratic Presidential nominations?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

14. How do southerners vote on the civil rights bill?
(a) Against-pro forma.
(b) Against-pro facta.
(c) For-pro facta.
(d) For-pro forma.

15. Who is LBJ's only guest on the fourth of July of 1958?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Cox.
(c) Knowland.
(d) Russell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is elected LBJ's replacement for Majority Leader?

2. Who is acting Majority Leader when LBJ return to the Senate?

3. What type of school does LBJ teach at from 1928-1929?

4. Whose support does Reedy suggest LBJ gain his strong position within the Senate again?

5. When LBJ returns to the Senate after Easter, what is he determined to do?

(see the answer keys)

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