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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lyndon get to meet FDR?
(a) By sponsoring New Deal initiatives.
(b) By being on the Committee to Re-Elect the President.
(c) By heading up the Democratic National Convention.
(d) By sending a complimentary letter.

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

3. What was the name of Charles Marsh's country estate?
(a) Longlea.
(b) Meadow Birch.
(c) Green Acres.
(d) The Marshlands.

4. Lyndon's political career was a result of ____________________.
(a) great fundraising.
(b) being in the right place at the right time.
(c) constituent loyalty.
(d) relentless striving.

5. Who did the people think should replace the person in #121?
(a) Mrs. Buchanan.
(b) Herbert Humphrey.
(c) Lyndon Johnson.
(d) William Buckley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization within the government did Lyndon revitalize?

2. The woman in #136 was said to have been a/an ___________ princess.

3. What element of Sam Rayburn's personality was well known?

4. Why was Sam Rayburn's support important for Lyndon?

5. What was John Nance Garner's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What undertaking did Lyndon initiate to show appreciation while serving on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee?

2. What was Lyndon's position on FDR's New Deal?

3. How did Lyndon make further career inroads by establishing friendships with people in Washington?

4. Whose death cleared an opening for Lyndon?

5. What was Lyndon's level of support of the New Deal after he got out of the military?

6. Why was handling the mail such an important task for Lyndon while serving as Klerberg's secretary?

7. What campaign promise was Lyndon forced to uphold?

8. What was Longlea and who presided over the estate?

9. Why was Lyndon perceived as being insincere?

10. What were some of Sam Rayburn's physical and personality traits?

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