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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 John Quincey Adams generally unhappy?
(a) He never traveled abroad.
(b) He never couold live up to his mother's expectations.
(c) He never felt he had accomplished enough.
(d) He never married his childhood sweetheart.

2. What is the example of some advice Kennedy received when he first became a Congressman?
(a) The way to get along is to go along.
(b) The way to go is to make your own decisions.
(c) Follow the yellow brick road.
(d) Listen and do what the majority are doing.

3. Whom did the Adams family say that the magistrate must serve?
(a) His party.
(b) His people.
(c) His family.
(d) His god.

4. How did Benton urge support for expansion to the West?
(a) He supported communications methods such as the telegraph, the Pony Express and roadways that ran into the country.
(b) He made a Congressional junket to Oregon.
(c) He pushed a measure giving extra benefits to leaders of wagon trains.
(d) He voted to give tax breaks to manufacturers of wagons.

5. What was Benton's characteristic that early on made his constituents love him?
(a) His sense of humor.
(b) His political favors.
(c) His humble nature.
(d) His fearlessness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Lamar say about his vote against the Matthews Resolution?

3. Of the 54 Senator in Congress, how many were openly opposed to the impeachment?

4. What do the subject of PROFILES IN COURAGE all have in common?

5. Why did Thomas Hart Benton get the nickname of Old Bullion?

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