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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What traits indicate that Adams suffered common human emotions?
(a) Times of disappointment and hurt at loss of popularity.
(b) Lapses in his Puritanical beliefs.
(c) His hate and retribution against his enemies.
(d) Adams secret life of debauchery.

3. What disease cut short Lamar's military career?
(a) Laryngitis.
(b) Apoplexy.
(c) Polio.
(d) Dyptheria.

4. What leader who was at odds with Adams' father did John Quincey find himself agreeing with quite often?
(a) Alexander Hamilton.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

5. What is ironic about Texas secession on March 2?
(a) It was the day Houston became governor.
(b) It was the anniversary of Houston's election to the Senate.
(c) It was the anniversary of the battle of San Jacinto.
(d) It was Houston's brithday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the irony of Houston's defending the Northerner's rights to abolition?

2. What Senator pulled a gun on Benton once?

3. What act of inconsistency brought his Missouri constituents to brand him a traitor?

4. Besides appearing to be disloyal to his father when he aligned himself with Jefferson's politics, what other problem arose for John Quincey Adams?

5. What was so strange about Henry Clay's enlisting Webster in his cause for compromise?

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