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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 does FDR use to maintain support of the public?
(a) Oppression.
(b) Radio fireside chats.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Fear.

2. What Senator is rumored to be a homosexual?
(a) Russell.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) LBJ.
(d) McCarthy.

3. How are LBJ's children being raised?
(a) With love.
(b) In a nurturing home.
(c) By committee.
(d) They grow up fast.

4. How do the Southern Senators view Humphrey when he first arrives in the Senate?
(a) A colleague.
(b) A civil rights foe.
(c) A force to be reckoned with.
(d) A child.

5. Whose testimony supports the notion of the Truman Administration's policies containing communist aggression?
(a) Russell.
(b) MacArthur.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Olds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attracts Olds by reminding business owners of christian duties toward their workers?

2. When does McCarthy leave the Senate?

3. What Air Force base is rumored to have inadequate conditions in 1950?

4. Whose influence does Olds state lead him to become less radical?

5. What is the Vice President's role in the Senate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does LBJ take, literally, a hands on approach to gaining support and votes?

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

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

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

6. Why does the Senate turn against McCarthy?

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

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

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

10. Why is LBJ such a contrast to the typical Senator?

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