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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. Who does Eisenhower say has the power to kill the whole civil rights bill?

2. What does the Senate do when LBJ is welcomed back from his heart attack and recovery in 1956?

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

4. Who does LBJ know opposes change to the Civil Rights Bill?

5. As fighting begins on the Senate floor, what does LBJ realize?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What leads to the increase the black voters?

9. Why is it important for LBJ to win the 1956 Democratic nomination?

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

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?

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

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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