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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6 Chapter 42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Church and O'Mahoney propose as an addendum to voting rights laws?
(a) Right to sit on the jury.
(b) Right to vote in prelimanaires only.
(c) Must be employed.
(d) Voting age moved to 21.

2. Which party is the Majority in the Senate in 1956?
(a) Democrats.
(b) Independents.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Its an even split.

3. Who refuses to compromise the seniority system when LBJ wants to put a freshmen Senators in key committees?
(a) Russell.
(b) McCarthy.
(c) Walter Magnuson.
(d) Kefauver.

4. What is LBJ's goal for the 1951?
(a) President.
(b) Win the Republican vote.
(c) Write a new war bill.
(d) A cover spread in Newsweek.

5. What makes LBJ's job as Majority Leader more difficult in terms of major bills and controversial issues?
(a) Voting Blocs.
(b) Unanimous consent.
(c) Absent voting.
(d) Filibusters.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does McCarthy leave the Senate?

2. What is the first civil rights legislation submitted by the FDR administration?

3. What is the vote in the Olds' case?

4. Who conducts the longest one man filibuster described in chapter 41?

5. What Senate rule does Proxmire attack?

(see the answer key)

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