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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does LBJ say about opposing Eisenhower's Foreign policy?
(a) It is suicide.
(b) It is shameful.
(c) It boosts a Senator's career.
(d) It is American.

2. Who wants the information that LBJ gathers regarding votes?
(a) No one.
(b) The House of Representatives.
(c) The White House.
(d) Other Senators.

3. What is LBJ's goal for the 1951?
(a) A cover spread in Newsweek.
(b) Write a new war bill.
(c) President.
(d) Win the Republican vote.

4. What Air Force base is rumored to have inadequate conditions in 1950?
(a) Randolph Air Force Base.
(b) Lackland Air Force Base.
(c) Goodfellow Air Force Base.
(d) Dyess Air Force Base.

5. What does FDR use to maintain support of the public?
(a) Oppression.
(b) Fear.
(c) Radio fireside chats.
(d) Kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the vote in the Olds' case?

2. How is Olds referred to during his trial initiated by LBJ?

3. How does LBJ feel in the 1950s when there is little action in the Senate?

4. Who refuses to compromise the seniority system when LBJ wants to put a freshmen Senators in key committees?

5. How do the Southern Senators view Humphrey when he first arrives in the Senate?

Short Essay Questions

1. When LBJ sends investigators in to the Air Force base, what do they find compared to what LBJ reports to the public?

2. How is the Senate Supreme described in chapter 15?

3. Describe the two affairs LBJ has while in the Senate.

4. Why do the Democrats take control of Congress in 1932?

5. In addition to LBJ's demanding work schedule, what other factors cause his poor health?

6. How does the Seventeenth Amendment effect Senators?

7. After the Olds trial, what does LBJ say about Olds in a speech given regarding the trial?

8. What is LBJ's big picture view of the Senate?

9. What is the results of Humphrey's speech on civil rights during chapter 19?

10. Why do some think Olds is a communist?

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