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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Senate Leader.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event did Johnson attend in Houston in June, 1928?
(a) College Commencement.
(b) Democratic National Convention.
(c) Teachers Convention.
(d) Debate Club Competition.

2. How many votes did Johnson win his Senate seat by?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eighty-seven.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Six hundred.

3. What did Dean Acheson say about the passage of the Civil Rights Act in "The Senate Leader"?
(a) Among the greatest achievements since the war.
(b) Great work for Johnson.
(c) A surprise.
(d) The Act was not enough.

4. What did Johnson's public statement about the 84th Congress express when he returned from his three-month convalescence?
(a) Pride.
(b) Anger.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Frustration.

5. What did Johnson say the Civil Rights Act should be called?
(a) Civil rights victory.
(b) Voting rights bill.
(c) Achievements bill.
(d) Compromise bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the college located where Johnson went in 1927?

2. Why did Johnson decide to become a politician?

3. When Johnson was working for a lawyer in 1926, where did he decide to go?

4. Who was President in 1931?

5. Why was Johnson in the hospital the day after he was elected to Congress in 1937?

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