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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kennedy see as Webster's moral flaw?
(a) Webster had no compunction against taking money for political favors.
(b) Webster was a compulsive gambler.
(c) Webster had many affairs his wife did not know about.
(d) Webster was an alcoholic and often lost track of time.

2. What Webster speech in the Senate became known by the date it was given?
(a) The First of January speech.
(b) The Christmas Day speech.
(c) The Independence Day speech.
(d) The Seventh of March speech.

3. Who was the butcher of New Orleans who was the chief prosecutor in Johnson's impeachment trial?
(a) Gen. Benjamin F. Butler.
(b) Gen. Robert E. Lee.
(c) Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Gen William Tecumseh Sherman.

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

5. Under what law was President Andrew Johnson tried in the Congress?
(a) The Articles of Confederation.
(b) The Bill of Rights.
(c) The Civilian Code.
(d) The Articles of Impeachment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was it so surprising to the Radical Republicans that Ross would not announce his vote before the trial began?

2. To whom was Ross compared in a Kansas newspaper editorial?

3. Of the 54 Senator in Congress, how many were openly opposed to the impeachment?

4. How did Webster's constituents view his stand on compromise with the slave states?

5. What was one argument Webster made for compromising on the question of slavery?

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