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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5 Chapter 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to Russell, what other Senator is hesitant to support LBJ for the 1956 nomination?
(a) Gore.
(b) Rayburn.
(c) Eastland.
(d) Kefauver.

2. What liberal does LBJ court by bringing them to his ranch?
(a) Grahams.
(b) Cox.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Eastland.

3. What does LBJ's brother, Sam, do to help his situation in terms of his career?
(a) He boasts that LBJ is ready and ambitious.
(b) He offers to take on LBJ's work.
(c) He lies about LBJ's condition.
(d) He oversees LBJ's staff.

4. Whose testimony supports the notion of the Truman Administration's policies containing communist aggression?
(a) Marshall.
(b) MacArthur.
(c) Olds.
(d) Russell.

5. How many liberal Democrats defend Olds during his trial?
(a) Four.
(b) Zero.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does LBJ get to the hospital in 1955 after he suffers a massive heart attack?

2. What group steps in to help the widow of the deceased man in 1945?

3. What does the Senate do when LBJ is welcomed back from his heart attack and recovery in 1956?

4. When does LBJ head the Texas NYA?

5. How does the Southern Bloc in the Senate defend Jim Crow against the Northern Liberals?

(see the answer key)

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