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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 8 | Part 2 Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What leads to the decline of the Senate's effectiveness and prestige?
(a) Demanding presidents.
(b) Corruption.
(c) Lack of interest.
(d) Seniority in committees.

2. What group is LBJ named director of at age 26?
(a) Federal Trade Administration.
(b) Senate.
(c) Young Republicans.
(d) Natinal Youth Administration for Texas.

3. What is LBJ's long term political goal?
(a) Presidency.
(b) Speaker of the House.
(c) Senior Senator.
(d) Vice President.

4. How do the two houses of congress treat the Great Depression?
(a) With care.
(b) Business as usual.
(c) Top priority.
(d) The opportunity to gain power.

5. Who is inaugurated in 1913?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Warren Harding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does LBJ demand of his staff?

2. What committee controls the money to run programs proposed by other committees?

3. What is LBJ's life quest or goal?

4. What do the desks of the Senate look like to an observer?

5. How does LBJ live his life?

(see the answer key)

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