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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what project did Lyndon align himself to gain some publicity?
(a) Minimum Wage Law.
(b) The dam project.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) Civil Rights Law.

2. What was Lyndon's behavioral trait for which he was famous in government?
(a) Being innovative.
(b) Being loyal to a fault.
(c) Being a follower.
(d) Being shifty.

3. What was a decent middle class salary in the 1940s?
(a) $50,000.
(b) A few thousand dollars.
(c) $15,000.
(d) A few hundred dollars.

4. Who is the assistant that Lyndon gets appointed to a permanent position in a statewide agency?
(a) Michael Weston.
(b) Clayton Burgess.
(c) James Hall.
(d) Jesse Kellam.

5. What was it called when a campaign contributor siphoned money from more than one of his businesses to make a contribution?
(a) A boondoggle.
(b) A tax write off.
(c) A finagle.
(d) Standard practice.

6. To Lyndon, knowing important people meant those having money or _______________ or both.
(a) good ancestors.
(b) big houses.
(c) political clout.
(d) property.

7. What organization within the government did Lyndon revitalize?
(a) The New Deal.
(b) Social Security Administration.
(c) Little Congress.
(d) The House of Representatives.

8. With what statewide agency was the person in #145 associated?
(a) American Red Cross.
(b) Civilian Conservation Corps.
(c) National Youth Administration.
(d) Social Security Administration.

9. What was the pace of the lifestyle on Capitol Hill?
(a) Measured.
(b) Frantic.
(c) Robust.
(d) Leisurely.

10. Whose needs did Lyndon always serve first?
(a) His family.
(b) The important people.
(c) His campaign staff.
(d) The disenfranchised.

11. What was John Nance Garner's nickname?
(a) Speedy Gonzalez.
(b) Cactus Jack.
(c) Texas Two-Timer.
(d) Pecos Pete.

12. Lyndon made progress by befriending people with offices in the White House and _________________.
(a) Capitol Hill.
(b) the Texas governor's office.
(c) the Texas legislature.
(d) the New Deal office.

13. What organization did Mrs. Roosevelt help to establish for the "lost generation"?
(a) The National Endowment for the Arts.
(b) The New Deal.
(c) The Social Security Administration.
(d) The National Youth Administration.

14. What was the tone of the letters Lyndon wrote during his time on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee?
(a) Apologetic.
(b) Overbearing.
(c) Forceful.
(d) Humility.

15. What was the first name of the dam in #117?
(a) Texas Hill Dam.
(b) Marshal Dam.
(c) Colorado Dam.
(d) Rio Dam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Franklin Roosevelt's wife?

2. Why did Lyndon feel it necessary to show appreciation to powerful officials?

3. People came to realize that Sam Rayburn was _________________.

4. What was Lyndon's first main task while working for Congressman Klerberg?

5. For how many years had the person in #169 held the Senate seat?

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