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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lamar view the free silver movement of 1877?
(a) He saw it as a depletion of the nation's silver.
(b) He was too ill to pay it much attention.
(c) He supported it to help save Mississippi.
(d) He saw it as creating easy inflationary money.

2. How did Benton's reputation for being crazy become problematic to his opponents?
(a) They feared he would blow up the capitol building.
(b) They never knew what he might do next.
(c) They feared he would challenge them to a duel.
(d) They thought people would think they were picking on Benton.

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

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

5. What character traits did Henry Adams consider that Lamar possessed above all others?
(a) Envy and averace.
(b) Amiability and aimlessness.
(c) Tact and humor.
(d) Stubbornness and greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Lamar take after the Civil War?

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 suggest prevents a lot of people from acting courageously?

4. What high office did Lamar hold at the end of his career?

5. What was the Armed Ship Bill?

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