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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How could Sam Rayburn's personality best be described?
(a) Very strong.
(b) Shy.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Retiring.

3. Who was the older man who was especially vulnerable to Lyndon's charming ways?
(a) William Buckley.
(b) Edward Miller.
(c) Frederick Clark.
(d) Charles Marsh.

4. What position did Lyndon accept in 1940?
(a) Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(b) Governor of Texas.
(c) Lieutenant Commander of the U.S. Navy.
(d) Vice President of the U.S.

5. 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 National Youth Administration.
(d) The Social Security Administration.

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

7. How many aides did Lyndon have while working for Congressman Klerberg?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

8. Which business group wanted tax benefits and protection from regulation?
(a) Steel industry.
(b) Ranchers.
(c) Healthcare.
(d) Oilmen.

9. Who especially hated FDR in Texas?
(a) Bankers.
(b) Working men.
(c) Some industry leaders.
(d) Farmers.

10. Who were the members of the "lost generation"?
(a) Poets and artists who lived off benefactors.
(b) Young adults who left school but had no jobs to go to.
(c) The men returning from World War I.
(d) The children of The New Deal.

11. What had really helped the people in Lyndon's district by this time?
(a) The New Deal.
(b) New ranching techniques.
(c) Expanding oil business.
(d) Minimum Wage Laws.

12. What percentage of his district voted for Lyndon in the Congressional election?
(a) 76.
(b) 10
(c) 89.
(d) 3.

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

14. Who was known for being a masterful fundraiser?
(a) Tommy Corcoran.
(b) Joe Grilliot.
(c) Alan Johnson.
(d) Philip Marsden.

15. What environmental issue did Lyndon focus on in his Congressional run?
(a) Marine life.
(b) Flood walls.
(c) The ozone layer.
(d) The forks of creeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What government program did Lyndon not embrace fully?

2. Lyndon's first year at his post with Congressman Klerberg was which Congress?

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

4. What position did Sam Rayburn hold in Washington?

5. Which Senior Senator from Texas died, freeing up a seat Lyndon coveted?

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