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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 rumored to be the cause of Houston's breakdown and resigning as Governor of Tennessee?
(a) People were pressuring him to run for President of the Union but he did not want to.
(b) He discovered that his young bride had been forced to marry him even though she loved another.
(c) He started drinking heavily and could not perform his duties.
(d) General Andrew Jackson called him for an important secret mission.

2. What well-known military leader had Houston served under?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Robert E. Lee.
(c) Andrew Jackson.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

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

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

5. When Houston ran away from home in his childhood, where did he go?
(a) To Texas.
(b) To his grandfather.
(c) To live with the Cherokee.
(d) To sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Senator pulled a gun on Benton once?

2. For what conflict does Kennedy feel the most empathy?

3. To what does Kennedy ascribe as half the power of Webster?

4. What measure did Henry Clay enlist Webster to help with?

5. How did Daniel Webster describe and define himself?

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