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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was ironic when the Matthews Resolution came up for a vote in the Senate?
(a) Lamar had gone back to Mississippi and missed the vote.
(b) Lamar voted against it but the other Senator, a Negro appointed by the reconstruction, voted for it.
(c) Matthews voted against his own resolution.
(d) The Resolution came before the Senate before the Bland Bill.

2. What metaphoric comparison does Kennedy make to John Quincey Adams' Puritanism?
(a) Kennedy's Catholicism.
(b) A conflict of interests.
(c) A mighty ship in a storm.
(d) The east coast, craggy, rocky, somber and strong.

3. What occurred during a duel that gave Benton a reputation as something of a thug?
(a) He had a sniper actually shoot the opponent.
(b) He rigged the other pistol so it wouldn't fire.
(c) He killed a U. S. District Attorney.
(d) He threw down his gun and beat the man with his fists.

4. Prior to the Civil War, what notable action did Lamar undertake with Jefferson Davis?
(a) Writing the Articles of Confederation.
(b) Designing the Confederate flag.
(c) Walking out of the Democratic Convention.
(d) Speaking out against secession.

5. Why was Webster a leader in the North prior to the Civil War?
(a) He was older than any other politician.
(b) He had strong views against slavery.
(c) He could out talk his opponents.
(d) He knew all the words in the dictionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two bills did Houston support that made him unpopular in the South?

2. What act of courage marked the Presidency of Robert A. Taft's father, William Howard Taft?

3. What action by Texas brought about the end of Houston's career?

4. What was Benton's characteristic that early on made his constituents love him?

5. Although thought of as a crazy politician, what did John F. Kennedy see as a mark of courage in the man?

(see the answer key)

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