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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is General Douglas MacArthur relieved from his command in Korea?
(a) June 1951.
(b) May 1949.
(c) March 1950.
(d) April 1951.

2. What do northern Senators feel the seniority system excludes?
(a) Freshmen talent.
(b) Key committees.
(c) Voice of the people.
(d) Votes.

3. What unpopular job does LBJ volunteer for within the Senate?
(a) Assistant Leader.
(b) Minority Leader.
(c) Majority Leader.
(d) Secretary.

4. How close do the Democrats come to controlling the Senate in 1954?
(a) One vote.
(b) Four votes.
(c) Two votes.
(d) Five votes.

5. Who heads the Senate?
(a) Vice President.
(b) Secretary.
(c) President.
(d) Speaker.

6. Who attempts to coach LBJ on proper Senate behavior?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Richard Russell Sr.
(c) Walter George.
(d) FDR.

7. Who wants the information that LBJ gathers regarding votes?
(a) The House of Representatives.
(b) No one.
(c) Other Senators.
(d) The White House.

8. What is the vote in the Olds' case?
(a) 15-53.
(b) Unanimous for Olds.
(c) Unanimous against Olds.
(d) 53-15.

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

10. What committee is LBJ offered upon entering the Senate?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Education.
(c) Appropriations.
(d) National Security.

11. What does LBJ demand of his staff?
(a) Compassion for others.
(b) Overtime.
(c) 10 bills per month written.
(d) Loyalty.

12. What group is LBJ named director of at age 26?
(a) Young Republicans.
(b) Natinal Youth Administration for Texas.
(c) Senate.
(d) Federal Trade Administration.

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

14. How does LBJ get to the hospital in 1955 after he suffers a massive heart attack?
(a) A hearse.
(b) He drives himself.
(c) An ambluance.
(d) A friend drives.

15. What assignment does Magnuson want more than Foreign Affairs?
(a) Education.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Security.
(d) Appropriations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose death allows moderate Republicans to call for a moratorium on rhetoric?

2. Who is inaugurated in 1913?

3. What law is passed that gives the FPC power to regulate gas prices?

4. How many liberal Democrats defend Olds during his trial?

5. How long is LBJ sedated after his heart attack?

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