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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Chapter 24 | Part 4 Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the constitution originally state Senators are elected?
(a) By the President.
(b) By the House.
(c) Popular vote.
(d) By state legislatures.

3. What state is Estes Kefauver from?
(a) Texas.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Florida.
(d) Tennessee.

4. What committee controls the money to run programs proposed by other committees?
(a) Appropriations.
(b) The Presidential Committee.
(c) Treasury.
(d) Weights and Measures.

5. What is LBJ's long term political goal?
(a) Senior Senator.
(b) Speaker of the House.
(c) Vice President.
(d) Presidency.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many southern votes does Russell control during the 1952 election?

2. How is Olds referred to during his trial initiated by LBJ?

3. Why is LBJ frustrated working in the House?

4. What leads to the decline of the Senate's effectiveness and prestige?

5. What does Richard Bevard Russell Jr. become known as after his father's death?

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