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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. From which region of Texas did Lyndon garner the most support?
(a) Padre Island.
(b) The Texas Panhandle.
(c) Texas Hill Country.
(d) Dallas Metropolitan Area.

2. Who is the assistant that Lyndon gets appointed to a permanent position in a statewide agency?
(a) James Hall.
(b) Jesse Kellam.
(c) Clayton Burgess.
(d) Michael Weston.

3. In what manner did Lyndon serve toward superiors?
(a) Superior.
(b) Servile.
(c) Haughty.
(d) Arrogant.

4. What was the pace of the lifestyle on Capitol Hill?
(a) Measured.
(b) Leisurely.
(c) Robust.
(d) Frantic.

5. In what year did Lyndon win his first Congressional seat?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1937.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the predominant crop in the Texas Hill Country?

2. Who was Franklin Roosevelt's wife?

3. What was it called when a campaign contributor siphoned money from more than one of his businesses to make a contribution?

4. Who was the older man who was especially vulnerable to Lyndon's charming ways?

5. Lyndon's work on the dam with ________________ solidified a political partnership.

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose death cleared an opening for Lyndon?

2. What were some of Sam Rayburn's physical and personality traits?

3. For what was Sam Rayburn best know among his colleagues and constituents?

4. What was meant by a "finagle" related to campaign fundraising?

5. How did Lyndon make further career inroads by establishing friendships with people in Washington?

6. What was the Little Congress and how did Lyndon revive it?

7. Why was Alice Glass interested in Lyndon?

8. How did Lyndon get elected to Congress with only three percent of the votes?

9. Even though the New Deal helped people in the Texas Hill Country, they still had problems. Name two examples of the challenges faced by people in this time.

10. What problem did Lyndon face when he wanted to assume the Senate seat of the deceased Texas Senarot, Morris Sheppard?

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