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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What well-known military leader had Houston served under?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Robert E. Lee.

2. How did Lucius Lamar first run for Congress?
(a) As a Radical Republican.
(b) As a pro-Unionist.
(c) As an independent.
(d) As a secessionist.

3. What is an irony of Benton's opposition to the slave states?
(a) He opposed abolition.
(b) He was a descendent of a slave.
(c) He owned slaves himself.
(d) He refused to go against his own party.

4. Why was it considered a contradiction when Houston supported temperance?
(a) He made his money in rum running.
(b) He owned a brewery.
(c) He was a heavy drinker.
(d) His political supporters opposed temperance.

5. What did Lamar say about his vote against the Matthews Resolution?
(a) My vote was unimportant in a Senate populated with Radical Republicans and Democrats.
(b) I believe that statesmanship is dead in the South.
(c) If I had voted for it as directed I should have cast my first vote against my conscience.
(d) The directions for how I should vote arrived after the vote had already been taken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What issue caused Benton finally to begin losing popularity in Missouri?

2. What nickname was given to Joe Cannon because of his power?

3. To what does Kennedy ascribe as half the power of Webster?

4. How did Daniel Webster describe and define himself?

5. What was so strange about Henry Clay's enlisting Webster in his cause for compromise?

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