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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Great society.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Senate Leader," what did Johnson fear if the Civil Rights Act did not pass the Senate?
(a) The Republican's reforms.
(b) The President's wrath.
(c) That everything he had created would come undone.
(d) Kennedy's new legislation.

2. What did seventeen Senators vote against Johnson for in 1961?
(a) Senate Majority Leader.
(b) Chairman of NASA.
(c) Chairman of the Democratic Conference.
(d) Chairman of Equal Employment Opportunity.

3. What did Johnson's Republican opponent accuse him of in the election for Senator in "The Making of a Politician"?
(a) Stealing campaign materials.
(b) Stuffing the ballot box.
(c) Lying about campaign promises.
(d) Padding his political record.

4. Why was Johnson in the hospital the day after he was elected to Congress in 1937?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Appendicitis.
(c) Visiting a friend.
(d) Visiting his mother.

5. Who was James Connally?
(a) Supreme Court Justice.
(b) Senator.
(c) Primary opponent.
(d) Johnson's friend and campaign manager.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country launched Sputnik?

2. What does the author write in "The Vice-Presidency" about Johnson's energy when he went on foreign trips as a Vice President?

3. How did Johnson prefer campaigning in the 1960s Democratic presidential primary?

4. Who was one author invited to the White House in the early 1960s?

5. How many Washington daily newspapers did Johnson read in 1931 on a daily basis?

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