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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Kennedy sees as a weakness in John Quincey Adams an emotional attachment to whom?
(a) His religious congregational members.
(b) His college friends and professors.
(c) His parents and God.
(d) His wife and his mistress.

3. After Houston's removal from the Senate, what office did he run for and win as an independent?
(a) Attorney General of Texas.
(b) Governor of Texas.
(c) House of Representatives.
(d) Senator from Tennessee.

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) In the latest history books.
(b) On the face of the Texas capitol building.
(c) In the Dallas Herald.
(d) On his tombstone.

5. What did the historian Wharton say about Houston's courage as he fought against Texas' secession from the Union?
(a) He relapsed into alcoholism and went back to the Cherokee.
(b) No one paid any attention as Houston entered the Secessionist Convention.
(c) It took a thousand times more courage than charging up the hill at San Jacinto.
(d) Houston finally lost his courage and gave in to popular opinion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Sam Houston a household word in the United States?

2. What is ironic about Texas secession on March 2?

3. How did Benton urge support for expansion to the West?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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