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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kennedy assess the failure of both Adams presidencies to produce second terms?
(a) An unwillingness to compromise on mundane matters of politics.
(b) Unwillingness to campaign for a second term in office.
(c) Poor choices for their cabinet members.
(d) Personalities that clased with everyone not of their religion.

2. Why did Thomas Hart Benton get the nickname of Old Bullion?
(a) His advocacy for hard currency.
(b) His gold plated sign on his office door.
(c) His silver mines in Missouri.
(d) His greed for money.

3. Why was Webster not bothered by what many would consider as bribes?
(a) He accepted money and gifts but always did only what he thought was right.
(b) The moral question of accepting money and gifts for Webster was not an issue for him.
(c) He felt he was entitled to extra benefits for his service to the Union.
(d) He never let that happen to him.

4. Who suggested that Senators were vulgar demagogues?
(a) A preacher.
(b) A reporter.
(c) An ambassador.
(d) A cabinet member.

5. How did Webster view the Compromise of 1850 in terms of his anti-slavery convictions?
(a) He thought it would give him power to run for President.
(b) He believed that compromise would eventually lead to abolition.
(c) He viewed it as a short-term compromise.
(d) He wanted to bring the prospect of Civil War to a head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What view did Webster take that made him unpopular with abolitionists?

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

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

4. How did Daniel Webster describe and define himself?

5. How did Webster's constituents view his stand on compromise with the slave states?

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