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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When LBJ returns to the Senate after Easter, what is he determined to do?
(a) Side fully with the south.
(b) Pass Civil Rights legislation.
(c) Deny all Civil Rights legislation.
(d) Side fully with the liberals.

2. Who wins the 156 presidential election?
(a) Stevenson.
(b) Humphrey.
(c) Truman.
(d) Eisenhower.

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

4. Who is denied an American burial in 1945?
(a) A Mexican American Private, Felix Longoria.
(b) An Chinese immigrant.
(c) An African American soldier.
(d) A poor white soldier.

5. Who is recruited to win over Rauth in chapter 41?
(a) Graham.
(b) Russell.
(c) Church.
(d) LBJ.

6. What committees do the new Democrats demand?
(a) Foreign Affairs and Appropriations.
(b) Appropriations and Education.
(c) Education and Policy.
(d) Policy and Steering.

7. Who wins the 1956 nomination?
(a) Russell.
(b) Humphrey.
(c) LBJ.
(d) Stevenson.

8. What does the Senate do when LBJ is welcomed back from his heart attack and recovery in 1956?
(a) Give him a Standing Ovation.
(b) Vote for him to keep his position.
(c) Bring him up to date.
(d) Resume business.

9. Who losses ground among African Americans from 1952-1956?
(a) Stevenson.
(b) Russell.
(c) Douglas.
(d) LBJ.

10. What does LBJ feel and hear from southern Senators?
(a) Defiance against Civil Rights.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Shame.
(d) Peace for Civil Rights.

11. Who is not allowed in the Democratic caucus?
(a) New Senators.
(b) Former Senators.
(c) Lobbyists.
(d) President.

12. On February 3, 1956, how must is Senator Case bribed with?
(a) $40,000.00.
(b) $30,000.00.
(c) $25,000.00.
(d) $45,000.00.

13. What Senate rule does Proxmire attack?
(a) Rule 22.
(b) Filibuster Rule.
(c) One Man Rule.
(d) Rule 28.

14. Who reigns in the southern Senators when they threaten to filibuster?
(a) Graham.
(b) LBJ.
(c) Russell.
(d) Church.

15. Who does LBJ placate behind the scenes?
(a) NAACP and liberals.
(b) Oilmen and liberals.
(c) New Democrates and liberals.
(d) Southerners and North Westerners.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the NAACP founded?

2. How many African Americans are registered to vote in Bullock County, AL in 1954?

3. What civil rights amendments outlaw slavery and guarantee the right to vote and due process?

4. When trying to stall Douglas, how does LBJ prolong the legislative day?

5. What conservative Senator does LBJ call to replace Kilgore after his death in 1956?

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