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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was it about Benton that inspired the approval of his Missouri constituency?
(a) He took young Congressmen under his wing.
(b) He did not care about political pressures and did what he thought was right.
(c) He arranged a lot of pork barrel spending in Missouri.
(d) He was also very popular among his party members.

3. How was Benton's behavior different when he was with his family from when he was involved in politics?
(a) He was always warm and gentle around his family.
(b) He was easy on political opponents and harsh on his family.
(c) He held his family by fear.
(d) He hid his wife's mental illness from the public.

4. What were Benton's most effective weapons as a fighter?
(a) Knives and bull whips.
(b) Guns and canons.
(c) Wit and sarcasm.
(d) Friends and relatives.

5. What action by Texas brought about the end of Houston's career?
(a) Voting to return to its independent state as the Republic of Texas.
(b) Secession from the Union and demanding a vow of loyalty to Texas as a member of the Confederacy..
(c) Seceeding from the Confederacy and impeaching Sam Houston.
(d) Voting to declare war on the North and sending troups and money to the Confederacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one argument Webster made for compromising on the question of slavery?

2. How did Webster view the Compromise of 1850 in terms of his anti-slavery convictions?

3. John Quincey Adams' mother was fond of saying John had been groomed to do what?

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

5. Who said that courage is grace under pressure?

(see the answer key)

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