1. What was the dichotomy concerning John Quincey Adams' father?
(a) Adams was a stern father but a political liberal.
(b) Adams was not religious but his son, John Quincey, was a devout Puritan.
(c) Adams raised his son to always do as his father did regardless of what he thought personally.
(d) Adams had raised his son to do what he believed to be right and that meant opposing his father.

2. What two bills did Houston support that made him unpopular in the South?
(a) The Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850.
(b) Calhoun's bills and resolutions on the Oregon question.
(c) The repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the bill of rights.
(d) The Kansas-Nebraska bill and the articles of confederation.

3. What Senator pulled a gun on Benton once?
(a) Senator Aaron Burr.
(b) Senator Henry Foote.
(c) Senator Martin VanBuren.
(d) Senator William Cooper.

4. What is an irony of Benton's opposition to the slave states?
(a) He opposed abolition.
(b) He refused to go against his own party.
(c) He owned slaves himself.
(d) He was a descendent of a slave.

5. 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 was a strong supporter of the Union and believed compromise on slavery was more important than breaking up the nation.
(c) He refused to argue against salvery when he went to the Southern states.
(d) He would not address the subject of slavery because he though it would just go away.