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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does LBJ live his life?
(a) Frivolous.
(b) By a regimented schedule.
(c) Day by Day.
(d) Optimistically.

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

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

5. Who does LBJ choose to work on his North Korean investigation committee?
(a) FBI and ONI.
(b) Lobbiest.
(c) FBI and CIA.
(d) Junior Senators.

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

7. When does McCarthy leave the Senate?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1958.

8. How does LBJ often treat his wife?
(a) He praises her.
(b) He honors her.
(c) He beats her.
(d) He humiliates her.

9. What does LBJ do to accommodate his many guests during his recovery on the ranch?
(a) Has a four room guest house built.
(b) Pays for their hotel.
(c) Hires additional staff.
(d) Offers his room.

10. 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.

11. According to Newsweek, how many bills are passed one day in four hours, and 43 minutes?
(a) 90.
(b) 150.
(c) 25.
(d) 75.

12. Who heads the Dixiecrat Party after Russell loses as Truman's replacement?
(a) Hubert Humphrey.
(b) McFarland.
(c) Strom Thurmond.
(d) LBJ.

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

14. How do the two houses of congress treat the Great Depression?
(a) Top priority.
(b) With care.
(c) Business as usual.
(d) The opportunity to gain power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is required to override a Senator's right to extend discussion on a proposed bill?

2. Why does McCarthy leave the Senate?

3. What committee controls the money to run programs proposed by other committees?

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

5. What liberal Senator does LBJ attempt to befriend when leaders run into difficulties bringing the liberals and conservatives together?

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