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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did seventeen Senators vote against Johnson for in 1961?
(a) Chairman of the Democratic Conference.
(b) Chairman of NASA.
(c) Chairman of Equal Employment Opportunity.
(d) Senate Majority Leader.

3. Who was Cecil Evans?
(a) President of a college.
(b) Financial aid officer.
(c) Johnson's college roommate.
(d) Librarian at University of Texas.

4. What year was the Civil Rights Act approved by the Senate?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1952.

5. When Johnson was working for a lawyer in 1926, where did he decide to go?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Home to Texas.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Washington, D.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Johnson run against in the 1960s Democratic presidential primary?

2. What job did Johnson take with Richard Kleberg?

3. Who gave Lady Bird her nickname?

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

5. Why did Johnson feel uncomfortable around John Kennedy's staff?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Johnson thwart the political power of the Black Stars?

2. What initiative did Johnson take after the Soviets launched Sputnik?

3. Why did Johnson decide to become a politician?

4. How did Johnson learn as much as he could about Congress when he first arrived as a Legislative Secretary?

5. What were the Black Stars at San Marcos College?

6. How did the Senate change after Johnson became vice-president?

7. Why did the relationship between Johnson and Carol Davis fail?

8. What did Johnson find fascinating about his paternal grandfather?

9. What role did Johnson take on with the National Youth Administration agency?

10. What did Johnson's critics have to say about the power he held in the Senate?

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