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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 is the name of the caucus that Johnson declined to be part of in the Senate?
(a) Democratic Caucus.
(b) Harvard Caucus.
(c) Southern Caucus.
(d) Young Legislators Caucus.

2. Who is Rebekah Baines?
(a) Johnson's librarian.
(b) Johnson's mother.
(c) Johnson's aunt.
(d) Johnson's teacher.

3. What political party did Sam Ealy Johnson join that had a presidential candidate in 1892?
(a) Populist Party.
(b) Independent Party.
(c) Republican Party.
(d) Democratic Party.

4. What state did the New York Times writer William S. White come from?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Texas.
(c) Maine.
(d) Rhode Island.

5. Who was Robert Baker?
(a) Johnson's page.
(b) Secretary to the Senate Democrats.
(c) Lady Bird's cousin.
(d) Johnson's gardener.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Johnson get the job with the criminal lawyer in the mid-1920s?

3. What nickname did Johnson get after winning the Senate seat?

4. 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"?

5. What did Johnson admire about Humphrey?

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