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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is LBJ's life quest or goal?

2. What is the name of LBJ's North Korean investigation committee?

3. What does Lady Bird do to sooth LBJ's mood swings during his recovery?

4. Why is LBJ frustrated working in the House?

5. What is Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson's (LBJ) role in the Senate in 1957?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is LBJ's relationship with his wife like?

2. What does Russell JR. gain from LBJ?

3. Describe the two affairs LBJ has while in the Senate.

4. Why is LBJ such a contrast to the typical Senator?

5. In addition to LBJ's demanding work schedule, what other factors cause his poor health?

6. How does LBJ stop some Senators from trying to change Senate Rule 22?

7. Why do the Democrats take control of Congress in 1932?

8. What is the results of Humphrey's speech on civil rights during chapter 19?

9. Why does the Senate turn against McCarthy?

10. Why do some think Olds is a communist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe LBJ's relationship with Lady Bird.

Why is Lady Bird so loyal to LBJ?

Do you think Lady Bird gives something up by marrying LBJ and staying with him?

Why does she describe her best years as the Senate Years?

Essay Topic 2

Provide examples of time when LBJ is humiliated.

How does LBJ deal with this humiliation?

Is he able to grow and learn from it?

Does he hold grudges against those who humiliates him?

How does LBJ actions after being humiliated compare and contract with how he acts after humiliating others?

Essay Topic 3

What is Section 1985 of Title 42 of the U.S. Code? How does this section come into play with the Civil Rights legislation? What Senators are against this section and what do they do to stop it? What Senators are for this legislation and what do they do to keep it alive? Explain why this is so important in this piece of legislation.

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