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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first son of a former president to become president of the U.S.?
(a) Geroge Washington Carver.
(b) John Quincey Adams.
(c) Thomas Alva Edison.
(d) Andrew Jefferson.

2. What were Norris' opening words at the public meeting in Nebraska after the filibuster?
(a) Four score and twenty years ago.
(b) I have come home to tell you the truth.
(c) I am not a traitor.
(d) Thank you for not hissing.

3. Why were the Radical Republicans happy to see Edmund G. Ross come to the Senate?
(a) He was a moderate who opposed slave states but owned slaves himself.
(b) He had spoken out for Lincoln's reconstruction ideas.
(c) He was adamantly against slavery and had worked hard for abolition.
(d) He was inexperienced in politics and the Senators could control him.

4. What is the irony of Houston's defending the Northerner's rights to abolition?
(a) Houston disliked all Yankees.
(b) Houston was a slave to the Cherokee.
(c) Houston owned slaves himself.
(d) Houston opposed slavery except in the South.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Ross' military experience?

4. Why was Webster not bothered by what many would consider as bribes?

5. In terms of service in office of both father and son, what similarity set them apart from presidents before and after them?

(see the answer key)

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