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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 government program did Lyndon not embrace fully?
(a) Women's Right to Vote.
(b) The New Deal.
(c) Civil Rights.
(d) Minimum Wage Laws.

2. What was a decent middle class salary in the 1940s?
(a) A few hundred dollars.
(b) A few thousand dollars.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $15,000.

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

4. Lyndon's Congressional campaign intentionally appealed to __________________.
(a) ranchers.
(b) oil companies.
(c) bankers.
(d) the poor.

5. What was the tone of the letters Lyndon wrote during his time on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee?
(a) Apologetic.
(b) Forceful.
(c) Humility.
(d) Overbearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lyndon's political career was a result of ____________________.

2. Who was the U.S. President famous for Fireside Chats?

3. What position did Lyndon accept in 1940?

4. Why was Sam Rayburn's support important for Lyndon?

5. The dam built in the Hill Country of Texas was built to control flooding along what river?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Lyndon perceived as being insincere?

2. Whose death cleared an opening for Lyndon?

3. How did Lyndon court important people to help him politically?

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

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

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

7. How did FDR help to save Lyndon's political career regarding some inappropriate campaign funds issues?

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

9. What was the purpose for the building of the Buchanan Dam?

10. Who was Charles Marsh and what was Lyndon's professional relationship with him?

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