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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What act of inconsistency brought his Missouri constituents to brand him a traitor?
(a) His opposition to annexting Texas.
(b) His voting with the Republicans.
(c) His opposition to the Missouri Compromise.
(d) His willingness to allow the country to go to war.

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

4. What measure did Henry Clay enlist Webster to help with?
(a) Re-writing the Bill of Rights to include slavery.
(b) The Great Compromise of 1850.
(c) Clay's bid for re-election.
(d) Speaches warning about Abraham Lincoln's political ambitions.

5. What trait of Adams ultimately caused him to suffer great disappointments?
(a) His superior attitude toward other politician.
(b) His uncompromising religion.
(c) His ability to manipulate his father.
(d) His willingness to change positions when expedient.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a constant that an elected official must understand?

2. How did one reporter categorize elected officials?

3. Where did Benton say he's rather see the Democratic Party rather than give one inch to Mr. Van Buren?

4. Who said that courage is grace under pressure?

5. In PROFILES IN COURAGE, what does John F. Kennedy fear the American public has forgotten?

(see the answer key)

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