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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Benton's characteristic that early on made his constituents love him?
(a) His fearlessness.
(b) His sense of humor.
(c) His political favors.
(d) His humble nature.

2. How did Benton urge support for expansion to the West?
(a) He pushed a measure giving extra benefits to leaders of wagon trains.
(b) He made a Congressional junket to Oregon.
(c) He voted to give tax breaks to manufacturers of wagons.
(d) He supported communications methods such as the telegraph, the Pony Express and roadways that ran into the country.

3. What was Daniel Webster known for during his lifetime?
(a) As a politician who opposed any kind of compromise.
(b) As a particularly eloquent speaker.
(c) As a squeaky voiced speaker.
(d) As a writer of fiction.

4. Kennedy sees as a weakness in John Quincey Adams an emotional attachment to whom?
(a) His religious congregational members.
(b) His college friends and professors.
(c) His parents and God.
(d) His wife and his mistress.

5. What is the first pressure of Americans that keeps them from acting courageously according to Kennedy?
(a) The need to raise campaign money.
(b) The need to be right all the time.
(c) The need to be well liked.
(d) The need to be different from other politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occurred during a duel that gave Benton a reputation as something of a thug?

2. According to Kennedy, what makes it difficult to recognize courageous acts when they do occur?

3. How does Kennedy characterize the difficult position of the elected official?

4. Whom did the Adams family say that the magistrate must serve?

5. John Quincey Adams' mother was fond of saying John had been groomed to do what?

(see the answer key)

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