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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What seemingly impenetrable group does LBJ need support form to reach the White House?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Steel workers.
(d) Southern Bloc.

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

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

5. Why is LBJ frustrated working in the House?
(a) He does not have enough work to do.
(b) All communications are face-to-face.
(c) He cannot move up politically.
(d) There is no face-to-face work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1954, who attempts to change Senate Rule 22?

2. What is LBJ's long term political goal?

3. How do the Southern Senators view Humphrey when he first arrives in the Senate?

4. How much does LBJ pay for his old house?

5. How long does Richard Bevard Russell Sr. serve as Chief Justice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the two affairs LBJ has while in the Senate.

2. Why does LBJ feel Democrats need credit for the rescue of an idolized President?

3. Why do some think Olds is a communist?

4. What is LBJ's big picture view of the Senate?

5. What backlash does LBJ feel after the Olds trail?

6. When LBJ sends investigators in to the Air Force base, what do they find compared to what LBJ reports to the public?

7. How is LBJ described when he is a Senator?

8. Why do the Democrats take control of Congress in 1932?

9. How does the Seventeenth Amendment effect Senators?

10. Why does the Senate turn against McCarthy?

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