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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Under Seige in the White House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What full-time job did Johnson take with a criminal lawyer in the mid-1920s?
(a) Office manager.
(b) Clerk.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Head researcher.

2. What issue was the march that King organized originally focused on?
(a) Raising funding for churches.
(b) Food aid.
(c) Minority voter rights and registration.
(d) Economic relief.

3. What was one popular singer in the late 1960s that the young people of the peace movement listened to, according to the author in "Under Siege in the White House"?
(a) Bob Dylan.
(b) Otis Redding.
(c) Bee Gees.
(d) Herb Alpert.

4. What Senator did Hubert Humphrey criticize that made other senators angry in "Rise to Power in the Senate"?
(a) Paulsen.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Smith.
(d) Byrd.

5. What does the author say Johnson relied on to persuade senators to support his objectives in "The Senate Leader"?
(a) Committee hearings.
(b) Press Conferences.
(c) Public debate.
(d) Behind the scenes negotiations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Richard McNamara's title in the Johnson Administration in 1966?

2. Who said "The American people are tired of wrecking crews. They want builders--people who construct" when referring to the 1960s presidential campaign in "The Senate Leader"?

3. What did Johnson feel like when he took over the office of President after Kennedy's assassination?

4. What legislation passed on August 20, 1964?

5. What did Johnson's public statement about the 84th Congress express when he returned from his three-month convalescence?

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