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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. How many southern votes does Russell control during the 1952 election?
(a) 262.
(b) 1505.
(c) 580.
(d) 100.

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

3. What attracts Olds by reminding business owners of christian duties toward their workers?
(a) Civil rights movement.
(b) Steel workers.
(c) Social Gospel movement.
(d) Labor rights.

4. How does LBJ feel in the 1950s when there is little action in the Senate?
(a) Bored.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Ostracized.
(d) Relieved.

5. What is LBJ's job as the Majority Whip considered?
(a) A nothing job.
(b) A rational progression in his career.
(c) A career ending move.
(d) On the path to power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does LBJ ask for before going into shock after his heart attack?

2. What committee is LBJ offered upon entering the Senate?

3. What do northern Senators feel the seniority system excludes?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the effect of an aging Senate?

2. How is LBJ able to expand nine and reduce four committees to his favor?

3. Why does Russell try to avoid a formal committee report of the Truman Administration hearings?

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

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

6. In addition to LBJ's demanding work schedule, what other factors cause his poor health?

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

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

9. What is the greatest benefit of LBJ initiating Olds destruction?

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

(see the answer keys)

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