Bb5a31f81ClaimSam Rayburn served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and oversaw the passage of New Deal legislation for President Franklin D. RooseveltAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimLyndon B. Johnson used his control over congressional committee assignments and pending legislation as leverage to compel United States senators to vote according to his wishesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimLyndon B. Johnson defeated Coke Stevenson in the contested 1948 Texas Democratic primary election for the United States SenateAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimRobert Moses developed Jones Beach State Park, located 27 miles outside New York City, and built public parkways connecting it to the city despite extensive landowner oppositionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimLyndon B. Johnson used his control over United States Senate committee assignments to compel senators to vote according to Lyndon B. Johnson's wishesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimRobert Moses publicly exposed Bronx politician Henry Epstein's extramarital affair to neutralize Henry Epstein's opposition to the Cross Bronx ExpresswayAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimLyndon B. Johnson defeated Coke Stevenson in the 1948 Texas election for the United States SenateAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimCoke Stevenson served as Governor of Texas prior to running against Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1948 United States Senate electionAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn 1962, Robert Moses threatened to resign from his public appointments during a political dispute with New York Governor Nelson RockefellerAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimWhen Robert Moses began planning parkways on Long Island in the 1920s, he lacked the power of eminent domain to acquire private propertyAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimCoke Stevenson served as Governor of Texas and was widely known by the nickname "Mr. Texas."AgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn 1962, Robert Moses threatened to resign during a dispute with New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who accepted Moses's resignationAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimRobert Caro selected the November 1965 Battle of Ia Drang Valley as a detailed case study for his volume covering Lyndon B. Johnson's conduct of the Vietnam WarAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimJohn Connally collected campaign money and distributed it directly according to Lyndon B. Johnson's instructionsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimBronx politician Henry Epstein proposed shifting the Cross Bronx Expressway route two blocks south to avoid evicting tens of thousands of residentsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimNew York Governor Nelson Rockefeller formally accepted Robert Moses' resignation in 1962 instead of capitulating to Robert Moses' demandsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimRobert Moses neutralized Bronx politician Henry Epstein's opposition to the Cross Bronx Expressway by publicly exposing Epstein's extramarital affairAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimEarly in Robert Moses' career, Robert Moses worked to reform the civil service system so employees would be promoted based on merit rather than political patronageAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimRobert Caro's research archives contain extensive unpublished interview transcripts and research files regarding former United States Speaker of the House Sam RayburnAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimOn requests from politicians for campaign funds, Lyndon B. Johnson wrote specific instructions such as "$1,500," "$500," "no," or "no, never."AgreeDisagree