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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. What are the years from 1891-1859 considered in the Senate?
(a) The Guilded Age.
(b) The Dark Years.
(c) The Glory of the Senate.
(d) The Golden Years.

2. Whose influence does Olds state lead him to become less radical?
(a) Wilson.
(b) LBJ.
(c) FDR.
(d) Truman.

3. How long does Richard Bevard Russell Sr. serve as Chief Justice?
(a) 19 years.
(b) 26 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

5. What Senate Rule limits debate based on unanimous consent agreement?
(a) Senate Rule 9.
(b) Senate Rule 21.
(c) Senate Rule 14.
(d) Senate Rule 11.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Richard Bevard Russell Jr. when he wins a seat in the state house?

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

3. Whose testimony supports the notion of the Truman Administration's policies containing communist aggression?

4. How do the two houses of congress treat the Great Depression?

5. How does LBJ's personality fit into the Senate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does LBJ stop some Senators from trying to change Senate Rule 22?

3. What is LBJ's relationship with his wife like?

4. Why does LBJ lose the Senate seat in the 1941 special election?

5. What is the results of Humphrey's speech on civil rights during chapter 19?

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

7. Why does the Senate turn against McCarthy?

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

9. How is the Senate Supreme described in chapter 15?

10. How does LBJ use money from the Oilman to his advantage?

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