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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 was also very popular among his party members.
(d) He arranged a lot of pork barrel spending in Missouri.

2. What earned Houston the name of traitor and pro-Abolitionist?
(a) His friendship with Senator Calhoun.
(b) His vote against the Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
(c) His vote against the Missouri compromise.
(d) His support of President Lincoln.

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

4. What did the historian Wharton say about Houston's courage as he fought against Texas' secession from the Union?
(a) He relapsed into alcoholism and went back to the Cherokee.
(b) Houston finally lost his courage and gave in to popular opinion.
(c) No one paid any attention as Houston entered the Secessionist Convention.
(d) It took a thousand times more courage than charging up the hill at San Jacinto.

5. What do the subject of PROFILES IN COURAGE all have in common?
(a) They all served as U. S. Senators.
(b) They all lost elections and then won them the next time.
(c) They were all Republicans.
(d) They were all Democrats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action by Texas brought about the end of Houston's career?

2. What Webster speech in the Senate became known by the date it was given?

3. What is ironic about Texas secession on March 2?

4. After Houston's removal from the Senate, what office did he run for and win as an independent?

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

(see the answer key)

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