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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made Sam Houston a household word in the United States?
(a) He was a greater orator than Daniel Webster.
(b) He became known for the Houston knife he invented.
(c) He was leader of the Texas forces that defeated Mexico at the battle of San Jacinto.
(d) He ran for president in 1856 but did not win the Democratic nomination.

2. What occurred during a duel that gave Benton a reputation as something of a thug?
(a) He had a sniper actually shoot the opponent.
(b) He rigged the other pistol so it wouldn't fire.
(c) He killed a U. S. District Attorney.
(d) He threw down his gun and beat the man with his fists.

3. What was so strange about Henry Clay's enlisting Webster in his cause for compromise?
(a) Clay was from the South and Webster was from the North.
(b) Clay had always opposed Webster in the Senate before.
(c) Clay was a republican and Webster was an independent.
(d) Webster had given many speeches opposing Henry Clay.

4. How did Benton urge support for expansion to the West?
(a) He pushed a measure giving extra benefits to leaders of wagon trains.
(b) He made a Congressional junket to Oregon.
(c) He supported communications methods such as the telegraph, the Pony Express and roadways that ran into the country.
(d) He voted to give tax breaks to manufacturers of wagons.

5. Why was Webster a leader in the North prior to the Civil War?
(a) He had strong views against slavery.
(b) He could out talk his opponents.
(c) He knew all the words in the dictionary.
(d) He was older than any other politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the irony of Houston's defending the Northerner's rights to abolition?

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

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

4. What is the example of some advice Kennedy received when he first became a Congressman?

5. How did Webster's constituents view his stand on compromise with the slave states?

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