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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. When trying to stall Douglas, how does LBJ prolong the legislative day?

2. Despite implications of Part III, who does the GOP stand behind?

3. Who wins the 1956 nomination?

4. As a congressman, what does LBJ do for poor families in Texas Hill Country?

5. What does the Douglas Group refuse to compromise on regarding the Civil Rights legislation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What leads to the increase the black voters?

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

9. What evidence indicates LBJ compassion toward minorities?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Provide examples of time when LBJ is humiliated.

How does LBJ deal with this humiliation?

Is he able to grow and learn from it?

Does he hold grudges against those who humiliates him?

How does LBJ actions after being humiliated compare and contract with how he acts after humiliating others?

Essay Topic 2

LBJ is a powerful force. In your opinion, do others respect LBJ or simply fear him? Provide evidence for your answer based on events and situations from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss LBJ's destruction of Olds.

Why does LBJ turn against Olds?

What is LBJ's strategy for the trial?

Is the strategy successful?

Does LBJ fear his actions may backfire?

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