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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of the 54 Senator in Congress, how many were openly opposed to the impeachment?
(a) About half of the Republicans and all of the Democrats.
(b) Only the twelve Democrats in the Senate.
(c) Six Republicans and twelve Democrats.
(d) Thirty-six radical Republicans.

2. How had President Johnson come to power?
(a) He had President Lincoln assassinated.
(b) He succeeded Lincoln after the assassination.
(c) He was popularly elected President by the people.
(d) He was appointed by Congress.

3. What act of courage marked the Presidency of Robert A. Taft's father, William Howard Taft?
(a) Standing by his Secretary of the Interior against opposition from Pinchot and Roosevelt.
(b) Denouncing Woodrow Wilson for his mishandling of WWI.
(c) Forecasting that America would go to war with Germany and Japan.
(d) Pushing for more and more farm subsidies.

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

5. On what basis did Edmund G. Ross claim his right not to decide until all the evidence was presented against Johnson.
(a) He was trying to get bribe money for his vote.
(b) He thought it was all a big joke.
(c) He wanted the publicity.
(d) He had taken the oath of impartiality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Taft supported education, health, housing, and other welfare programs against his normal conservative Republicanism. Why?

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

3. How did Taft's candor cause him to lose his party's nomination for President?

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

5. Under what law was President Andrew Johnson tried in the Congress?

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