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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what prestigious university did Adams once work as a professor?
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Yale.

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

3. What effect did Webster's three-hour-long speech in the Senate have in 1850?
(a) It made many political allies for Webster.
(b) It helped hold off the Civil War for a good ten years.
(c) It rallied the North to declare war on the South.
(d) It gave the South the idea of secession.

4. What made Sam Houston a household word in the United States?
(a) He became known for the Houston knife he invented.
(b) He was leader of the Texas forces that defeated Mexico at the battle of San Jacinto.
(c) He was a greater orator than Daniel Webster.
(d) He ran for president in 1856 but did not win the Democratic nomination.

5. How did Webster's constituents view his stand on compromise with the slave states?
(a) They were proud of their native son.
(b) They supported him wholeheartedly.
(c) It drew their wrath.
(d) They thought he should run for President.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an irony of Benton's opposition to the slave states?

2. What were Benton's most effective weapons as a fighter?

3. Prior to the Civil War, what notable action did Lamar undertake with Jefferson Davis?

4. Why was John Quincey Adams generally unhappy?

5. What position did Lamar take after the Civil War?

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