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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. How could Sam Rayburn's personality best be described?

2. Who was an important figure in the building of the dam?

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

4. What environmental issue did Lyndon focus on in his Congressional run?

5. What government program did Lyndon not embrace fully?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Alice Glass interested in Lyndon?

2. What campaign promise was Lyndon forced to uphold?

3. How did Lyndon court important people to help him politically?

4. How did Lyndon get elected to Congress with only three percent of the votes?

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

6. Why was Lyndon perceived as being insincere?

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

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

9. How was Lyndon able to leverage his influence in the NYA?

10. For what was Sam Rayburn best know among his colleagues and constituents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the impact that Lyndon's childhood had on him as an adult. What did it mean to be the son of a legislator-turned-farmer in the early 20th century in Texas? What stigmas did Lyndon live with for his entire life? How did Lyndon leverage his ancestry to carve out a political career for himself?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of women in the rural Texas in the early twentieth century. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have? What belief system about Southern women was evident in Rebekah and later on, Lady Bird? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Personal identity is an important theme in this book. Who were some of the people who had the strongest personalities? What were their personal codes? How did Lyndon measure up to these people? What was Lyndon's personal code? Or did he not have one? Explain.

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