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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 Supreme Court case in 1945 deems separate but equal unconstitutional?
(a) Rowe v. Wade.
(b) Doe v. Renfrou.
(c) Brown v. Board of Education.
(d) Goss v. Lopez.

2. Who suggests LBJ turn down the offer for Vice President?
(a) Russell.
(b) Truman.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Rayburn.

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

4. What do Church and O'Mahoney propose as an addendum to voting rights laws?
(a) Right to vote in prelimanaires only.
(b) Must be employed.
(c) Right to sit on the jury.
(d) Voting age moved to 21.

5. What is the first civil rights legislation submitted by the FDR administration?
(a) War time legislation.
(b) Social Security.
(c) Voting Rights.
(d) Womens Rights.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who defies the Supreme Court decision by blocking black students from Central High School?

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

4. What Senate rule does Proxmire attack?

5. When does LBJ head the Texas NYA?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Russell advise LBJ that his bill is meaningless at this time?

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

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

5. What leads to the increase the black voters?

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

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

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

9. What evidence indicates LBJ compassion toward minorities?

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

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