Profiles in Courage Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 144 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Profiles in Courage Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 144 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the irony of Houston's defending the Northerner's rights to abolition?

2. In PROFILES IN COURAGE, what does John F. Kennedy fear the American public has forgotten?

3. What advantage do minority special interest groups have to influence elected officials?

4. Who suggested that Senators were vulgar demagogues?

5. What is the first pressure of Americans that keeps them from acting courageously according to Kennedy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Benton's leaving Tennessee early in his life.

2. How did Sen. Benton get his reputation as a fighter?

3. What are the three pressures Kennedy identifies for any elected official?

4. What personal weakness does Kennedy point out about John Quincey Adams?

5. What courageous belief did Webster demonstrate by speaking out for the 1850 Compromise?

6. Why was Henry Clay taking a chance when he enlisted Webster to help with passing the 1850 Compromise?

7. Detail the important political positions held by Sam Houston.

8. What courageous vote did Houston cast that was unpopular with his constituents in Texas?

9. What surprising victory did Houston win after being dismissed from the Senate?

10. Aside from being Senator from Massachusetts, what was Daniel Webster known for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the presidencies of John Adams and John Quincey Adams and the presidencies of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on why a person cannot be arrested and tried for something that was not identified as a crime when he or she did it.

Essay Topic 3

Write about a time when you found it necessary to compromise.

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