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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 defies the Supreme Court decision by blocking black students from Central High School?
(a) Proxmire.
(b) Olds.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Faubus.

2. What has to be included in the Part IV to still enforce voting rights?
(a) Desegregation.
(b) Civil contempt provisions.
(c) Due diligance.
(d) Jury trial.

3. What does LBJ say politicians do when African Americans get the vote?
(a) Propose minority legislation.
(b) Begin moving for better funding.
(c) Beg for their support.
(d) Target more white voters.

4. How many votes does LBJ have when he gets to the Democratic Convention in 1956?
(a) 56.
(b) 46.
(c) 25.
(d) 100.

5. How many votes does LBJ need to vote as a Bloc with the south against cloture?
(a) 11.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does LBJ have to do before being sworn in as VP?

3. What does LBJ do to keep power in the Senate?

4. What does Lady Bird consider the happiest years of her life?

5. Who is selected to read the Southern Manifesto on the Senate floor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does LBJ want his Vice Presidential offices to remain where his Senate offices are?

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

6. What leads to the increase the black voters?

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

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

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

10. What evidence indicates LBJ compassion toward minorities?

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