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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Webster's constituents view his stand on compromise with the slave states?
(a) They thought he should run for President.
(b) It drew their wrath.
(c) They were proud of their native son.
(d) They supported him wholeheartedly.

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

3. What characteristic of Sen. Taft did Kennedy suggest might best be judged after many years?
(a) How he accepted Socialist philosophy.
(b) How he managed to appear charming when he was destroying an enemy.
(c) How he inspired loyal devotees as well as bitter enemies.
(d) How he refrained from speaking his mind on controversial political issure.

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

5. What measure did Henry Clay enlist Webster to help with?
(a) The Great Compromise of 1850.
(b) Clay's bid for re-election.
(c) Speaches warning about Abraham Lincoln's political ambitions.
(d) Re-writing the Bill of Rights to include slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kennedy see as Webster's moral flaw?

2. Why was Ross targeted for surveillance and harassment before the Johnson trial.

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

4. What view did Webster take that made him unpopular with abolitionists?

5. Why did Taft speak out against the War Crimes Trials and the Nuremberg Trials?

(see the answer key)

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