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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5 Chapter 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is acting Majority Leader when LBJ return to the Senate?
(a) Rowe.
(b) FDR.
(c) Smathers.
(d) Clements.

3. What is the result of Olds' trial?
(a) He goes bankrupt.
(b) He is jailed for treason.
(c) He gains power in the Senate.
(d) He loses his job.

4. What are the years from 1891-1859 considered in the Senate?
(a) The Guilded Age.
(b) The Dark Years.
(c) The Golden Years.
(d) The Glory of the Senate.

5. How does LBJ's personality fit into the Senate?
(a) He acts like the other Senators.
(b) He is over eager.
(c) It is a major contrast.
(d) He is less confident than other Senators.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group is LBJ named director of at age 26?

2. Whose death allows moderate Republicans to call for a moratorium on rhetoric?

3. According to Newsweek, how many bills are passed one day in four hours, and 43 minutes?

4. What term refers to a body of laws proposed to enforce segregation?

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

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