1. Vocabulary Important Facts
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Lyndon B Johnson
Study Guide
Quiz :__Friday, January 15th, 2009_
Vocabulary
Poverty: lack of money (poor)
Diligence- working hard for a long time
Segregation: the practice of keeping people from a different race apart.
Civil Rights: the basic rights that all citizens of a country have.
Tolerance: respect for others’ values and beliefs
Important Facts
Born in Stonewall, Texas in 1908.
Did not have a lot of money when he was growing up (lived in poverty).
He became a teacher
He became a member of the House of Representatives and the Senate. He voted on laws.
He worked for the rights of African Americans to be treated fairly. 1

2. He became Vice President in 1960. He became President when JFK was shot.
He passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act- ending segregation.
He said he wanted a “Great Society”-
end poverty
end racism
better education
better medical care

3. Name:______________________ Date:_______ Number:_______
Lyndon B Johnson
Quiz
Directions: Match the vocabulary word to its definition.
_______ The basic rights that all citizens have in a country
_______ Working hard for a long time
_______ respect for others’ values and beliefs
_______ the practice of keeping people from a different race apart.
_______ lack of money (poor)
Word Bank
Diligence
Poverty
Tolerance
Segregation
Civil Rights
Directions: Circle the answer that best answers the question.
Lyndon B. Johnson was born in____________.
1735
1908
1820
Lyndon B. Johnson was born in____________.
Adams, Massachusetts
Baltimore, Maryland
Stonewall, Texas
When Johnson was growing up his family lived in….
a fancy house
poverty
a school 3
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4. How did Johnson become President of the United States?
After going to college Johnson became a ___________.
Speaker
Teacher
President
Johnson was a member of Congress (legislature) What does Congress do?.
Votes on laws
Decides if a law is fair
Decides if a law has been broken
As president, Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of What did that act do?
Ended slavery
Helped students get an education
Ended segregation
Who did Johnson choose to be a judge on the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King Jr.
Directions: Answer the question using complete sentences.
How did Johnson become President of the United States?
How did Lyndon B. Johnson work toward a “Great Society”? 4

5. Name:______________________ Date:_______ Number:_______
Lyndon B Johnson
Quiz
Directions: Match the vocabulary word to its definition.
_______ The basic rights that all citizens have in a country
_______ Working hard for a long time
_______ respect for others’ values and beliefs
_______ the practice of keeping people from a different race apart.
_______ lack of money (poor)
Word Bank
Diligence
Poverty
Tolerance
Segregation
Civil Rights
Directions: Circle the answer that best answers the question.
Lyndon B. Johnson was born in____________.
1735
1908
Lyndon B. Johnson was born in____________.
Adams, Massachusetts
Stonewall, Texas
When Johnson was growing up his family lived in….
a fancy house
poverty 5
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6. How did Johnson become President of the United States?
After going to college Johnson became a ___________.
Speaker
Teacher
Johnson was a member of Congress (legislature) What does Congress do?
Votes on laws
Decides if a law has been broken
As president, Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of What did that act do?
A Helped students get an education
B Ended segregation
Who did Johnson choose to be a judge on the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
Directions: Answer the question using complete sentences.
How did Johnson become President of the United States?
How did Lyndon B. Johnson work toward a “Great Society”? 6