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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Southern Senators view Humphrey when he first arrives in the Senate?
(a) A civil rights foe.
(b) A colleague.
(c) A child.
(d) A force to be reckoned with.

2. When does Olds join the American Labor Party?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1938.

3. What is the name of LBJ's North Korean investigation committee?
(a) The North Korean Committee.
(b) The LBJ Committee.
(c) The New Truman Committee.
(d) World Peace Committee.

4. What does LBJ say about opposing Eisenhower's Foreign policy?
(a) It is suicide.
(b) It is American.
(c) It is shameful.
(d) It boosts a Senator's career.

5. How many southern votes does Russell control during the 1952 election?
(a) 580.
(b) 262.
(c) 100.
(d) 1505.

6. What is LBJ's life quest or goal?
(a) Great power.
(b) Make money.
(c) Earn an honest living.
(d) Help the downtrodden.

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

8. How many siblings does LBJ have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

9. What liberal Senator does LBJ attempt to befriend when leaders run into difficulties bringing the liberals and conservatives together?
(a) Estes Kefauver.
(b) McFarland.
(c) Walter George.
(d) Hubert Humphrey.

10. How old is LBJ when he becomes Majority Leader?
(a) 44.
(b) 51.
(c) 50.
(d) 42.

11. What is LBJ's job as the Majority Whip considered?
(a) A career ending move.
(b) A rational progression in his career.
(c) On the path to power.
(d) A nothing job.

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

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

14. What is the result of LBJ's demanding work schedule?
(a) A divorce.
(b) A varity of medical problems.
(c) Depression.
(d) Death.

15. What is the result of Olds' trial?
(a) He loses his job.
(b) He gains power in the Senate.
(c) He is jailed for treason.
(d) He goes bankrupt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants the information that LBJ gathers regarding votes?

2. What attracts Olds by reminding business owners of christian duties toward their workers?

3. What does LBJ demand of his staff?

4. What state is Estes Kefauver from?

5. Who is inaugurated in 1913?

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