Profiles in Courage Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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Profiles in Courage Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides appearing to be disloyal to his father when he aligned himself with Jefferson's politics, what other problem arose for John Quincey Adams?
(a) He was forced to change political parties and lose his seniority.
(b) Disillusionment of his party when he broke with them and voted with Jefferson.
(c) His mother becaue distraught that her son and husband did not agree.
(d) He lost his political influence for many months.

2. What was so strange about Henry Clay's enlisting Webster in his cause for compromise?
(a) Clay was from the South and Webster was from the North.
(b) Webster had given many speeches opposing Henry Clay.
(c) Clay had always opposed Webster in the Senate before.
(d) Clay was a republican and Webster was an independent.

3. What famous speech did Lamar give in Congress?
(a) Give me liberty of give me death speech.
(b) An eloquent eulogy for Charles Sumner.
(c) The Stars and Stripes speech.
(d) The case for Confederacy speech.

4. Where did Houston say he wanted it written that he loved his country, he was a patriot, and he was devoted to the Union.
(a) On his tombstone.
(b) In the Dallas Herald.
(c) In the latest history books.
(d) On the face of the Texas capitol building.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What high office did Lamar hold at the end of his career?

2. What occurred during a duel that gave Benton a reputation as something of a thug?

3. What earned Houston the name of traitor and pro-Abolitionist?

4. How did Webster view the Compromise of 1850 in terms of his anti-slavery convictions?

5. What was the result of Webster's courageous stand in giving the Seventh of March speech?

(see the answer key)

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