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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) Thirty-six radical Republicans.
(b) About half of the Republicans and all of the Democrats.
(c) Six Republicans and twelve Democrats.
(d) Only the twelve Democrats in the Senate.

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

3. What was the result of Webster's courageous stand in giving the Seventh of March speech?
(a) Webster sacrificed his potential presidential run and his popularity.
(b) Webster would have become president but he died 2 years later.
(c) Webster changed his position of slavery to agree with Clay.
(d) Webster was honored by his constituents as a man of courage.

4. How did Daniel Webster describe and define himself?
(a) As a free thinker opposed to the Union.
(b) Not as a Massachusetts man but as an American.
(c) As a citizen of the world.
(d) As a debator who loved to take any opposing view.

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

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. Who was the butcher of New Orleans who was the chief prosecutor in Johnson's impeachment trial?

3. What does Kennedy say was a liability about Webster's immense popularity with both sides of the political spectrum?

4. What Senator had to be carried into the Senate to cast his vote on Johnson's impeachment?

5. Why was Webster not bothered by what many would consider as bribes?

(see the answer key)

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