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

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) Southern Caucus.
(c) Harvard Caucus.
(d) Young Legislators Caucus.

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

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

4. Who was Carol Davis?
(a) Johnson's first real girlfriend.
(b) Johnson's mother's friend.
(c) Secretary for the college dean.
(d) House mother to Johnson's fraternity.

5. What school was Johnson teaching in when he received a call from Richard Kleberg?
(a) Sam Houston High.
(b) Fredericksburg High.
(c) San Marcos Elementary.
(d) Austin Junior High.

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

7. How old was Johnson when he was first elected to Congress through a special six-week election?
(a) Forty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Thirty-three.
(d) Twenty-nine.

8. What subcommittee began investigations on the space exploration program in 1957?
(a) Advisory Board.
(b) Subcommittee on Preparedness.
(c) Finance Subcommittee.
(d) Presidential Committee on Aerospace Programs.

9. What nickname did Johnson get after winning the Senate seat?
(a) Jubiliant Johnson.
(b) Liar Lyndon.
(c) Lickety-split Lyndon.
(d) Landslide Lyndon.

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

11. What branch of the military did Johnson enlist in after the attack at Pearl Harbor?
(a) Army.
(b) Navy.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Marines.

12. What grade did Johnson give his Vice President?
(a) F.
(b) A or A plus.
(c) D.
(d) B+.

13. What was the name of the Supreme court case that dealt with segregation in 1954?
(a) Smith v. Forester.
(b) Atkins v. State of New York.
(c) Brown v. Board of Education.
(d) Roe v. Wade.

14. On whose behalf did Johnson speak at a political gathering in Henley, Texas?
(a) Sam Johnson.
(b) Pat Neff.
(c) Al Smith.
(d) Willy Hopkins.

15. What city was Hubert Humphrey mayor of?
(a) Chicago.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Boston.
(d) Minneapolis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Johnson decide to become a politician?

2. Who was Robert Baker?

3. How many things did Johnson say he disagreed with President Kennedy on when he was his Vice President?

4. What did Dean Acheson say about the passage of the Civil Rights Act in "The Senate Leader"?

5. What did Johnson say the Civil Rights Act should be called?

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