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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. What was Lyndon's father's profession?

2. What did Lyndon's mother shy away from?

3. In the ten years from 1837-1847, the population of the Texas Hill Country grew from 40,000 to _______________.

4. What was Sam Johnson's greatest legislative success?

5. Why did few Texans get an education?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say were the characteristics of ranchers in the Texas Hill Country?

2. What is the significance of the title of Chapter 9--The Rich Man's Daughter?

3. In addition to the People's Party, what other two political groups were eventually absorbed into the Democratic Party?

4. What happened after the Bunton Johnsons brought cattle to the Texas Hill Country?

5. How old was Lyndon when he was named and what forced the issue to determine his name?

6. Where did John Wheeler Bunton settle and how did he and his wife struggle to keep their land?

7. What was the nature of Lyndon's father, Sam's, political leanings?

8. What were two major impediments to young people getting an education in Texas?

9. What were some of the challenges of the farmers in the Texas Hill Country?

10. What obstacles did Lyndon's mother, Rebekah, have in living in rural Texas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of men in the early 20th century when Johnson and his colleagues were coming of age. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century men do not?

Essay Topic 2

Lyndon Johnson was no stranger to hurt and pain. From what you know of Lyndon's life through this book, what were his biggest sorrows and worst betrayals? How did he manage through them? How did his coping skills evidence themselves in many aspects of his life? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

THE PATH TO POWER is a classic biography. What does that classification entail? Why does this book fit into this category?

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