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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 20 | Part 3 Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Air Force base is rumored to have inadequate conditions in 1950?
(a) Dyess Air Force Base.
(b) Randolph Air Force Base.
(c) Goodfellow Air Force Base.
(d) Lackland Air Force Base.

2. How long does Richard Bevard Russell Sr. serve as Chief Justice?
(a) 26 years.
(b) 19 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. What is the Vice President's role in the Senate?
(a) To observe.
(b) Vote to break ties.
(c) He has no role.
(d) To serve as speaker for the President.

4. How does LBJ's personality fit into the Senate?
(a) It is a major contrast.
(b) He is less confident than other Senators.
(c) He is over eager.
(d) He acts like the other Senators.

5. What term refers to a body of laws proposed to enforce segregation?
(a) Re-Segregation.
(b) Ninth Amendment.
(c) Jim Crow.
(d) Southern Bloc.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who heads the Senate?

2. Who heads the Dixiecrat Party after Russell loses as Truman's replacement?

3. Why is LBJ frustrated working in the House?

4. What do the desks of the Senate look like to an observer?

5. Who refuses to compromise the seniority system when LBJ wants to put a freshmen Senators in key committees?

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