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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Kennedy ascribe as half the power of Webster?
(a) His political connections.
(b) His handsomeand commanding appearance.
(c) His outstanding education.
(d) His ability to make friends easily.

2. What Senator pulled a gun on Benton once?
(a) Senator William Cooper.
(b) Senator Aaron Burr.
(c) Senator Henry Foote.
(d) Senator Martin VanBuren.

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

4. How did Webster's constituents view his stand on compromise with the slave states?
(a) They thought he should run for President.
(b) They supported him wholeheartedly.
(c) It drew their wrath.
(d) They were proud of their native son.

5. Besides appearing to be disloyal to his father when he aligned himself with Jefferson's politics, what other problem arose for John Quincey Adams?
(a) Disillusionment of his party when he broke with them and voted with Jefferson.
(b) He lost his political influence for many months.
(c) He was forced to change political parties and lose his seniority.
(d) His mother becaue distraught that her son and husband did not agree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kennedy see as Webster's moral flaw?

2. What was it about Benton that inspired the approval of his Missouri constituency?

3. Why was John Quincey Adams generally unhappy?

4. What earned Houston the name of traitor and pro-Abolitionist?

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

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