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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 character traits did Henry Adams consider that Lamar possessed above all others?

2. What opinion did Taft share with Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas?

3. What position did Lamar take after the Civil War?

4. How did Norris attack Joe Cannon's power?

5. Who was the Democratic majority leader in the Senate who later became Vice President?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Senate Republicans feel about Ross when he first came to Congress?

2. What was Sen. Robert A. Taft's unrealized political ambition throughout his career?

3. How was Lamar able to win back the support of the people of Mississippi?

4. Why was the Jay Treaty of 1795 so unpopular in the new country of the United States?

5. What was wrong with the situation under the lead of Czar Cannon in the House?

6. Sen. Lucius Lamar of Mississippi entered Congress as a secessionist but after the Civil War he worked for compromise. Why?

7. What happened to Ross after the Johnson impeachment proceedings?

8. What was the first courageous act George W. Norris of Nebraska performed in Congress?

9. What is some of the speculation regarding Ross' not revealing how he would vote until he cast his vote on the Senate floor?

10. What was Norris' working knowledge of both poverty and war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on your personal idea of courage. Use some example from your life or that you know about personally.

Essay Topic 2

Write a two page paper on three people you believe should be in a future book on profiles in courage.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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