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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 do conservative financiers control the Mexican American votes?

2. Who wins the 156 presidential election?

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

4. In addition to LBJ, what other two Senators do not sign the Declaration of Constitutional Principles?

5. What liberal does LBJ court by bringing them to his ranch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Russell advise LBJ that his bill is meaningless at this time?

2. What is Russell's strategy for the speeches given by the southerners over the Civil Rights bill?

3. Hoe does LBJ stop a Supreme-Court ripping bill from reaching the Senate floor?

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

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

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

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

8. What leads to the increase the black voters?

9. What does LBJ's Civil Rights law do for the movement?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Section 1985 of Title 42 of the U.S. Code? How does this section come into play with the Civil Rights legislation? What Senators are against this section and what do they do to stop it? What Senators are for this legislation and what do they do to keep it alive? Explain why this is so important in this piece of legislation.

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

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?

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