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

2. What was a decent middle class salary in the 1940s?

3. What challenge did Lyndon have when trying to attain the Congressional seat?

4. In what year did Lyndon win his first Congressional seat?

5. On what committee did Lyndon get a position?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who was Charles Marsh and what was Lyndon's professional relationship with him?

3. Who was the "lost generation" and how did Eleanor Roosevelt champion their cause?

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

5. How did FDR help to save Lyndon's political career regarding some inappropriate campaign funds issues?

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

7. Although Lyndon wrote letters in the DCCC trying to show humility, what was the underlying purpose of the missives?

8. What was the purpose for the building of the Buchanan Dam?

9. How did the Buchanan Dam project help Lyndon gain needed publicity?

10. Why was Alice Glass interested in Lyndon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What impact did Lyndon's estranged relationship with his father have on Lyndon's life? What emotional wounds did Lyndon suffer? How did the strained relationship with his father affect Lyndon's relationships with other people? State your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Lyndon Johnson during the time period covered in THE PATH TO POWER. What were his ultimate plans for his life? What was his personality? What behaviors were instilled in him that would make him a success in his later life?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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