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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 law is passed that gives the FPC power to regulate gas prices?
(a) The Oil Act.
(b) The Free Trade of Gas Act.
(c) The Natural Gas Act.
(d) The Regulated Gas Bill.

2. Why is LBJ frustrated working in the House?
(a) There is no face-to-face work.
(b) He cannot move up politically.
(c) He does not have enough work to do.
(d) All communications are face-to-face.

3. Who does LBJ help to be named Assistant Democratic Cloakroom for the purpose of gaining information?
(a) Dean Acheson.
(b) Richard Russell.
(c) FDR.
(d) Bobby Baker.

4. How many siblings does LBJ have?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. Whose death allows moderate Republicans to call for a moratorium on rhetoric?
(a) FRD.
(b) Chip Bohlen.
(c) McCarthy.
(d) Joseph Stalin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does FDR use to maintain support of the public?

2. What liberal Senator does LBJ attempt to befriend when leaders run into difficulties bringing the liberals and conservatives together?

3. Where does LBJ corner many Senators when he wants their vote?

4. Who supports LBJ's decision to volunteer for an unpopular position in the Senate?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Russell try to avoid a formal committee report of the Truman Administration hearings?

2. What is LBJ relationship with his other family members like?

3. How does the Seventeenth Amendment effect Senators?

4. How does LBJ take, literally, a hands on approach to gaining support and votes?

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

6. Why does the Senate turn against McCarthy?

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

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

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

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

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