Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Test | Final Test - Medium

Robert Caro
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Test | Final Test - Medium

Robert Caro
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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 is the vote on making H.R. 6127 pending business?
(a) 71-18.
(b) 18-71.
(c) 50-79.
(d) 25-98.

2. What type of school does LBJ teach at from 1928-1929?
(a) Inner-City Black.
(b) Upper-class rural.
(c) Mexican-American.
(d) Jewish.

3. What does LBJ do to keep power in the Senate?
(a) Propose his VP office remain in the Senate.
(b) Keep loyal Senators in office.
(c) Appoint an assistant to work in Senate.
(d) Visit Senate daily.

4. How do conservative financiers control the Mexican American votes?
(a) The patron system.
(b) Bribes.
(c) Threats.
(d) Keeping voter registration down.

5. As fighting begins on the Senate floor, what does LBJ realize?
(a) He fails his party.
(b) They must vote immediately.
(c) He can exert his power.
(d) He is losing control.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group steps in to help the widow of the deceased man in 1945?

2. On February 3, 1956, how must is Senator Case bribed with?

3. How many southern states call LBJ "favorite son"?

4. What new Democrats refuse the keep quiet and learn during the period of being a Senator?

5. Who is denied an American burial in 1945?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does LBJ's Civil Rights law do for the movement?

2. What happens as a result of the Supreme Court's decision to allow an African American student register at the University of Alabama?

3. What is the reason and possible consequences for LBJ delaying his announcement to run for president?

4. Why is it important for LBJ to win the 1956 Democratic nomination?

5. How does the quid pro quo work for LBJ's Civil Rights bill?

6. What does the 1956 election do to LBJ?

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

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

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

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

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