1. What was one argument Webster made for compromising on the question of slavery?
(a) If the Union divided, slavery might even become stronger in the Southern states.
(b) World opinion would eventually settle the question.
(c) Northerns would be able to have slaves legally.
(d) Slavery would eventually dry up because there were fewer traders.

2. What was it about Benton that inspired the approval of his Missouri constituency?
(a) He did not care about political pressures and did what he thought was right.
(b) He took young Congressmen under his wing.
(c) He was also very popular among his party members.
(d) He arranged a lot of pork barrel spending in Missouri.

3. Why was John Quincey Adams generally unhappy?
(a) He never couold live up to his mother's expectations.
(b) He never traveled abroad.
(c) He never married his childhood sweetheart.
(d) He never felt he had accomplished enough.

4. Why was Webster a leader in the North prior to the Civil War?
(a) He could out talk his opponents.
(b) He was older than any other politician.
(c) He knew all the words in the dictionary.
(d) He had strong views against slavery.

5. What view did Webster take that made him unpopular with abolitionists?
(a) He was a strong supporter of the Union and believed compromise on slavery was more important than breaking up the nation.
(b) He did not feel that being a part of a Union that allowed slavery in some territories a viable alternative.
(c) He refused to argue against salvery when he went to the Southern states.
(d) He would not address the subject of slavery because he though it would just go away.