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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose death allows moderate Republicans to call for a moratorium on rhetoric?

2. What election does Richard Bevard Russell Jr. win in 1930?

3. What leads to the decline of the Senate's effectiveness and prestige?

4. Who attempts to coach LBJ on proper Senate behavior?

5. How do the Southern Senators view Humphrey when he first arrives in the Senate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Senate turn against McCarthy?

2. What is the press' reaction to LBJ attitude after his recovery from the heart attack in 1955?

3. Why does Russell try to avoid a formal committee report of the Truman Administration hearings?

4. What is LBJ relationship with his other family members like?

5. How is LBJ described when he is a Senator?

6. After the Olds trial, what does LBJ say about Olds in a speech given regarding the trial?

7. What is the effect of an aging Senate?

8. Why does LBJ feel Democrats need credit for the rescue of an idolized President?

9. Why do some think Olds is a communist?

10. When LBJ sends investigators in to the Air Force base, what do they find compared to what LBJ reports to the public?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Texas NYA? How does LBJ make a lasting impact on this organization and the people it serves? How does the organization make a lasting impact on LBJ? Provide examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the technique of Live Paring for Senate votes.

How does LBJ use this to become useful as a Whip?

What legislation is affected during LBJ's time as Whip because of Live Paring?

How do these actions effect LBJ's career?

Essay Topic 3

Russell sees a potential presidential candidate in LBJ.

Why does Russell think LBJ can be a presidential candidate?

Does Russell want LBJ in the office for the same reasons LBJ wants to be there?

What maneuvering does LBJ do to appease Russell as well as his own interests?

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