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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two bills did Houston support that made him unpopular in the South?
(a) The Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850.
(b) The Kansas-Nebraska bill and the articles of confederation.
(c) Calhoun's bills and resolutions on the Oregon question.
(d) The repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the bill of rights.

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

3. What traits indicate that Adams suffered common human emotions?
(a) Lapses in his Puritanical beliefs.
(b) Adams secret life of debauchery.
(c) His hate and retribution against his enemies.
(d) Times of disappointment and hurt at loss of popularity.

4. What metaphor does Kennedy use to describe the relationship between the elected official and the electorate?
(a) A father-child relationship.
(b) A lawyer-client relationship.
(c) A doctor-patient relationship.
(d) A coach-team relationship.

5. Why did Thomas Hart Benton get the nickname of Old Bullion?
(a) His advocacy for hard currency.
(b) His greed for money.
(c) His gold plated sign on his office door.
(d) His silver mines in Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what prestigious university did Adams once work as a professor?

3. For what conflict does Kennedy feel the most empathy?

4. How did Daniel Webster describe and define himself?

5. When Houston ran away from home in his childhood, where did he go?

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