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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. How many southern votes does Russell control during the 1952 election?

2. Where does LBJ corner many Senators when he wants their vote?

3. What are the years from 1891-1859 considered in the Senate?

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

5. Who does LBJ help to be named Assistant Democratic Cloakroom for the purpose of gaining information?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is LBJ's relationship with his wife like?

2. How does the Seventeenth Amendment effect Senators?

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

4. How does LBJ's relationship with Lady Bird change after his heart attack in 1955?

5. In addition to LBJ's demanding work schedule, what other factors cause his poor health?

6. Why does LBJ lose the Senate seat in the 1941 special election?

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

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

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

10. What is LBJ's big picture view of the Senate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Humphrey poses a possible threat to LBJ. How does LBJ form an alliance with Humphrey? Is this alliance successful. Provide examples or an explanation for you answer.

Essay Topic 2

Describe LBJ's relationship with Lady Bird.

Why is Lady Bird so loyal to LBJ?

Do you think Lady Bird gives something up by marrying LBJ and staying with him?

Why does she describe her best years as the Senate Years?

Essay Topic 3

What changes come about in the marches and protests of African Americans after Martian Luther King Jr came on the scene?

How does the public perceive these events during this time?

How does the Senate perceive these events?

What factors of this increased leadership support Civil Rights in the Senate?

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