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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Johnson haunted by during his three-month convalescence at home in 1955?
(a) His mother's health.
(b) Childhood fear of paralysis.
(c) His grandfather's expectations.
(d) His father's death.

3. What secret group did Johnson form while in his freshman year at college?
(a) White Stars.
(b) Leaders of the Future.
(c) Students for Democracy.
(d) Black Stars.

4. What position did Johnson get elected to on January 3, 1953?
(a) Minority Leader.
(b) Democratic Party Whip.
(c) President.
(d) Vice-president.

5. Where did Johnson go in a Model-T after graduating high school?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) California.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) New York City.

6. What did Johnson have in his suitcase which was tied with baling wire in 1924?
(a) Pants.
(b) Scoks.
(c) Straw hat.
(d) Undershirts.

7. Who was President in 1931?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

8. When did Johnson resume his position in the Senate after his illness in 1955?
(a) February 5, 1956.
(b) February 12, 1958.
(c) January 30, 1955.
(d) January 2, 1956.

9. How many Washington daily newspapers did Johnson read in 1931 on a daily basis?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

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

11. What did Johnson's grandfather unlock with a gold key in his study?
(a) Safe.
(b) Fire box.
(c) Closet door.
(d) Drawer full of candy sticks.

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

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

14. What word did Johnson's mother often scrawl on the outside of letters to her son?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Mizpah.
(c) Love.
(d) Discipline.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did a United States Senate seat open in Texas that Johnson ultimately won?

2. What impassioned plea did Humphrey make at the 1948 Democratic Convention?

3. Who helped Johnson prepare for his math entrance exams in his first semester in college?

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

5. Who was Cecil Evans?

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