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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In PROFILES IN COURAGE, what does John F. Kennedy fear the American public has forgotten?
(a) How to tell if a man is honest.
(b) What courage actually is.
(c) The basic principles our country was founded on.
(d) Where to look for courage in a politician.

2. What was Lamar's main purpose in his political actions?
(a) To transfer his allegience to the Northern Democrats.
(b) To bring the South peacefully back into the Union.
(c) To rekindle the anamosity between North and South.
(d) To become President of the United States.

3. What poet does Kennedy quote to express the bitterness of the South during reconstruction?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Vachal Lindsay.

4. How did Norris attack Joe Cannon's power?
(a) Filibusters on every issue that Cannon favored.
(b) Impeachment threats against the Speaker of the House.
(c) A resolution requiring the entire House to study and amend a resolution, rather than just allow the Speaker to appoint a committee.
(d) Press conferences informing the public of Cannon's abuse of power.

5. Who served as the Governor of Tennessee and later as Senator from the State of Texas?
(a) Stephen A. Austin.
(b) Sam Houston.
(c) Thomas Hart Benton.
(d) Henry Calhoun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What act of inconsistency brought his Missouri constituents to brand him a traitor?

2. What was the irony of Norris' using the filibuster to fight passage of the Armed Ship Bill?

3. What benefit did Norris fight for to aid the people of Tennessee Valley?

4. Why did George Norris believe Big Business was urging the country into war?

5. How did Benton urge support for expansion to the West?

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