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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 population does LBJ work with while heading the Texas NYA?
(a) Veterans.
(b) Individuals with disabilities.
(c) Mexicans and Blacks.
(d) Wealthy Rebublicans.

2. As a congressman, what does LBJ do for poor families in Texas Hill Country?
(a) Provide English Language classes.
(b) Decrease taxes.
(c) Fund better education.
(d) Get them electricity.

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

4. What does Lady Bird consider the happiest years of her life?
(a) The Texas NYA years.
(b) The White House Years.
(c) The college years.
(d) The Senate years.

5. What do reporters call LBJ's suite of offices?
(a) The epicenter.
(b) Taj Mahal.
(c) The oval office of the Senate.
(d) Golden doors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the press accuse LBJ of in 1956?

2. What does the Senate do when LBJ is welcomed back from his heart attack and recovery in 1956?

3. What committees do the new Democrats demand?

4. Who wins the 156 presidential election?

5. What does LBJ feel and hear from southern Senators?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the unions support LBJ's bill and provide him with the remaining votes he needs?

2. What do the liberals attempt to do to speed up the bills reaching the Senate floor?

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. How does LBJ keep a sense of urgency alive in the Senate?

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

7. What evidence indicates LBJ compassion toward minorities?

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

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

10. What leads to the increase the black voters?

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