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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does LBJ assign as acting Whip in 1956?
(a) Russell.
(b) Smathers.
(c) Hunphrey.
(d) Rowe.

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

3. What is the first civil rights legislation submitted by the FDR administration?
(a) Womens Rights.
(b) War time legislation.
(c) Voting Rights.
(d) Social Security.

4. Who is selected to read the Southern Manifesto on the Senate floor?
(a) Russell.
(b) Eastland.
(c) LBJ.
(d) George.

5. How does the Chamber of Commerce describe LBJ?
(a) Itchy trigger finger.
(b) Son of Texas.
(c) Selfish.
(d) An honorable man.

6. How do some liberals view LBJ by 1956?
(a) The enemy.
(b) Indifferent to the cause.
(c) A potential supporter.
(d) A true supporter.

7. What Supreme Court case in 1945 deems separate but equal unconstitutional?
(a) Rowe v. Wade.
(b) Goss v. Lopez.
(c) Brown v. Board of Education.
(d) Doe v. Renfrou.

8. What does LBJ unleash by the end of chapter 37?
(a) His empathy for minorities.
(b) His support for the south.
(c) His hatred toward unjustice.
(d) His hatred toward minorities.

9. What does LBJ say politicians do when African Americans get the vote?
(a) Propose minority legislation.
(b) Target more white voters.
(c) Begin moving for better funding.
(d) Beg for their support.

10. What new Democrats refuse the keep quiet and learn during the period of being a Senator?
(a) Muskie and Church.
(b) Muskie and Proxmire.
(c) Proxmire and Smith.
(d) Proxmire and Holding.

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

12. What happens on January 18, 1954 when a group of African Americans try to register to vote?
(a) They are arrested.
(b) They are turned away.
(c) They are welcomed.
(d) They are harassed.

13. Who is LBJ's only guest on the fourth of July of 1958?
(a) Knowland.
(b) Russell.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Cox.

14. Who does LBJ recruit to help with his presidential nomination?
(a) Rowe.
(b) Smathers.
(c) Humphrey.
(d) Russell.

15. Who does LBJ turn to for additional votes for his legislation?
(a) Northerners.
(b) North Westerners.
(c) Oilmen.
(d) Westerners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the press accuse LBJ of in 1956?

2. When is the NAACP founded?

3. What does LBJ offer the north westerners in return for their vote?

4. How do conservative financiers control the Mexican American votes?

5. Who has too much power under Part III of the bill?

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