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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Taft supported education, health, housing, and other welfare programs against his normal conservative Republicanism. Why?
(a) He wanted to play both sides of the fence in a bid for the Presidency.
(b) He felt these were not being served adequately by the private sector.
(c) His state of Ohio had high unemployment and needed those services.
(d) It was an attempt on his part to placate the unions.

2. What was one of Benton's favorite sayings about himself?
(a) Benton and Democracy are one and the same.
(b) Benton will never compromise.
(c) Benton is a bull in a china shop.
(d) Benton always knows what is right.

3. What act of courage marked the Presidency of Robert A. Taft's father, William Howard Taft?
(a) Forecasting that America would go to war with Germany and Japan.
(b) Pushing for more and more farm subsidies.
(c) Standing by his Secretary of the Interior against opposition from Pinchot and Roosevelt.
(d) Denouncing Woodrow Wilson for his mishandling of WWI.

4. What is another difficult situation for an elected official besides the interests of the nation and those of the constituency?
(a) National opinion polls.
(b) Party pressure to vote the party line.
(c) Presidential arm twisting.
(d) Political differences within the official's own family.

5. What well-known military leader had Houston served under?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Robert E. Lee.
(d) Ulysses S. Grant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What made Sam Houston a household word in the United States?

3. Who was the Senator from Nebraska who opposed President Woodrow Wilson's Armed Ship Bill?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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