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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 identify as the personal tragedy and national greatness about Sen. Robert A. Taft?
(a) That he got his party's nomination three times but never won a Presidential election.
(b) That he would always speak out in such a way that appeared to compromise his beliefs.
(c) That his father had been President but he had no such ambitions.
(d) That he aspired to be President but his uncompromising sense of right prevented that from happening.

2. To whom was Ross compared in a Kansas newspaper editorial?
(a) Benedict Arnold.
(b) Marc Anthony
(c) Thomas Payne.
(d) Judas Escariot

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 was honored by his constituents as a man of courage.
(c) Webster would have become president but he died 2 years later.
(d) Webster changed his position of slavery to agree with Clay.

4. Why was Ross targeted for surveillance and harassment before the Johnson trial.
(a) Both sides believed he was weak willed.
(b) He was using his secret to gain political notariety.
(c) Stanton thought he could intimidate Ross with his military connections.
(d) He kept silent on how he might vote.

5. To what does Kennedy ascribe as half the power of Webster?
(a) His outstanding education.
(b) His handsomeand commanding appearance.
(c) His ability to make friends easily.
(d) His political connections.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Webster a leader in the North prior to the Civil War?

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

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

4. How many other Republicans lost their careers by standing with Ross against the impeachment of President Johnson?

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

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