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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 does LBJ recruit to help with his presidential nomination?
(a) Russell.
(b) Humphrey.
(c) Smathers.
(d) Rowe.

2. What does Rayburn stall in order to help LBJ with the presidential nomination?
(a) H.R. 627.
(b) H.R. 614.
(c) H.R. 527.
(d) H.R. 329.

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

4. What does Russell do if he is threatened by a comprehensive civil rights bill?
(a) Filibuster.
(b) Rally the Southern Bloc.
(c) Vote against it.
(d) Launch an investigation.

5. When roll call is taken for Douglas' motion of adjournment, how may Senators back him?
(a) 15.
(b) 71.
(c) 68.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does LBJ offer the north westerners in return for their vote?

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

3. What two states sue the FDC in 1954 in order to decrease oil prices?

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

5. What does the passing of a small Civil Rights bill allow LBJ to do with easy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens regarding the election in 1960?

2. What does the 1956 election do to LBJ?

3. What environment does LBJ grow up in that leads him to be prejudice?

4. What two committees wae created in 1958 and what is their purpose?

5. What is this chapter called "Working Up"?

6. How does LBJ coordinate the return of Private Felic Longoria's body?

7. What are LBJ's fears when the Rules Committee forms a sub-committee to investigate campaign financing?

8. Why is LBJ's check-up at the Mayo Clinic a convenient absence from Senate?

9. Why does LBJ originally decline the support of the southern Senators for the presidential nomination?

10. Hoe does LBJ stop a Supreme-Court ripping bill from reaching the Senate floor?

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