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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 was the name of the hotel where Johnson lived when he first went to Washington?
(a) Crowne Plaza.
(b) Dodge Hotel.
(c) Hotel Rouge.
(d) Fairmount Hotel.

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

3. How long was Johnson's train journey at the end of "Education and the Dream of Success"?
(a) Two days.
(b) Six days.
(c) One week.
(d) One day.

4. Who was Johnson visiting on the July Fourth weekend when he got sick in 1955?
(a) Hubert Humphrey.
(b) Harry Bryd.
(c) George and Herman Brown.
(d) Richard Russell.

5. 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"?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Adlai Stevenson.
(c) Robert Kennedy.
(d) John Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state did the New York Times writer William S. White come from?

2. Where did Johnson go to college in 1927?

3. What political party did Sam Ealy Johnson join that had a presidential candidate in 1892?

4. What was the name of the Supreme court case that dealt with segregation in 1954?

5. How many votes did Johnson win his Senate seat by?

(see the answer key)

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