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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kennedy see as Webster's moral flaw?
(a) Webster had many affairs his wife did not know about.
(b) Webster had no compunction against taking money for political favors.
(c) Webster was a compulsive gambler.
(d) Webster was an alcoholic and often lost track of time.

2. What was the irony of Norris' using the filibuster to fight passage of the Armed Ship Bill?
(a) Because Norris had said he would not filibuster the President's bills.
(b) Norris had actually tried to do away with the filibuster in an attempt to bring change to the Senate.
(c) Because Norris was unable to speak for long periods of time.
(d) Because the filibuster was something new that had never been tried before.

3. What was leaked to the newspapers that did away with American public resistance to the Armed Ship Bill?
(a) The sinking of the Titanic.
(b) The Mexican conspiracy.
(c) The Kaiser's war zone warning.
(d) The Zimmerman note.

4. Why was Ross targeted for surveillance and harassment before the Johnson trial.
(a) Stanton thought he could intimidate Ross with his military connections.
(b) Both sides believed he was weak willed.
(c) He kept silent on how he might vote.
(d) He was using his secret to gain political notariety.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Lamar later say was the first one ever put into his hands to read?

2. Which of the following public offices did John Quincey Adams NOT hold?

3. How did Lamar view the free silver movement of 1877?

4. What memorable line did the Toledo BLADE print about Taft after he decried the Nuremberg trials?

5. John Quincey Adams was a Senator from what state?

(see the answer key)

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