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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. When is the NAACP founded?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1946.

2. In addition to LBJ, what other two Senators do not sign the Declaration of Constitutional Principles?
(a) Gore and Russell.
(b) Russell and Kefauver.
(c) Gore and Eastland.
(d) Kefauver and Gore.

3. What do liberals feel is the result if a white juror is selected for the southern jury?
(a) Aquittal.
(b) A hung Jury.
(c) Racism.
(d) Conviction.

4. How is LBJ feeling at the end of the convention?
(a) Rejuvenated.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Confused.
(d) Humiliated.

5. What group steps in to help the widow of the deceased man in 1945?
(a) The American G.I. Forum.
(b) The NAACP.
(c) The Americans for Civil Rights.
(d) The Coalition for Justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Supreme Court case in 1945 deems separate but equal unconstitutional?

2. How many votes short is LBJ for the support of his Civil Rights bill?

3. How do some liberals view LBJ by 1956?

4. With the launch of Sputnik in 1957, what issue does LBJ brings to the table?

5. Who does LBJ assign as acting Whip in 1956?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the Senate when Neely of West Virginia dies?

2. What is the result of Governor Faubus' actions regarding the African American children and Central High School?

3. What is Russell's strategy for the speeches given by the southerners over the Civil Rights bill?

4. What does LBJ argue about that Civil Rights legislation needing to be?

5. What is the public's reaction to the Brown v. Board of Education case?

6. What does Russell claim Part III of the Civil Rights bill really is?

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. What does the Declaration of Constitutional Principles pronounce?

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

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