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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Ross targeted for surveillance and harassment before the Johnson trial.
(a) He was using his secret to gain political notariety.
(b) Stanton thought he could intimidate Ross with his military connections.
(c) Both sides believed he was weak willed.
(d) He kept silent on how he might vote.

2. Where did Benton say he's rather see the Democratic Party rather than give one inch to Mr. Van Buren?
(a) Out of politics altogether.
(b) Right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
(c) 50 fathoms deep into the middle of hell fire.
(d) A thousand miles north of the Mason Dixon Line.

3. Why were the Radical Republicans happy to see Edmund G. Ross come to the Senate?
(a) He was inexperienced in politics and the Senators could control him.
(b) He was adamantly against slavery and had worked hard for abolition.
(c) He had spoken out for Lincoln's reconstruction ideas.
(d) He was a moderate who opposed slave states but owned slaves himself.

4. What does Kennedy identify as the second pressure that prevents courageous deeds by elected officials.
(a) The need to get re-elected.
(b) The need to get more education.
(c) The need to travel the world.
(d) The need to publish a book.

5. What was the irony of Norris' using the filibuster to fight passage of the Armed Ship Bill?
(a) Because Norris was unable to speak for long periods of time.
(b) Because the filibuster was something new that had never been tried before.
(c) Because Norris had said he would not filibuster the President's bills.
(d) Norris had actually tried to do away with the filibuster in an attempt to bring change to the Senate.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Kennedy, what makes it difficult to recognize courageous acts when they do occur?

2. On what basis did Edmund G. Ross claim his right not to decide until all the evidence was presented against Johnson.

3. What does Kennedy say was a liability about Webster's immense popularity with both sides of the political spectrum?

4. Did Norris always oppose President Wilson's measures?

5. What were the circumstances that brought Edmund G. Ross to Congress as Senator from Kansas?

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