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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who was the Senator from Nebraska who opposed President Woodrow Wilson's Armed Ship Bill?
(a) George W. Norris.
(b) Lucius Lamar.
(c) James W. Grimes.
(d) Rutherford Hayes.

4. Who was the butcher of New Orleans who was the chief prosecutor in Johnson's impeachment trial?
(a) Gen. Robert E. Lee.
(b) Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
(c) Gen. Benjamin F. Butler.
(d) Gen William Tecumseh Sherman.

5. Which candidate did Norris support in the 1928 Presidential election?
(a) Al Newman.
(b) Al Gore.
(c) Al Sharpton.
(d) Al Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which bitter rival of Sen. Robert A. Taft actually ended up in the White House?

2. What poet does Kennedy quote to express the bitterness of the South during reconstruction?

3. Why was John Quincey Adams generally unhappy?

4. Besides the Texas territory which Benton opposed, what other one did he support against his party's stand?

5. How did Ross describe his feelings just before he cast his not guilty vote?

(see the answer key)

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