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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lucius Lamar first run for Congress?
(a) As a pro-Unionist.
(b) As a Radical Republican.
(c) As a secessionist.
(d) As an independent.

2. What is Kennedy's third pressure that he feels is the most damaging?
(a) Making decisions when to satisfy a constituancy will not be what is best for the nation.
(b) Making decisions when you do not have enough information to make good ones.
(c) Making decisions when a fellow Senator or Congressman needs to get a pet project going.
(d) Making decisions that will satisfy everyone in one way or another.

3. What act of inconsistency brought his Missouri constituents to brand him a traitor?
(a) His opposition to the Missouri Compromise.
(b) His voting with the Republicans.
(c) His opposition to annexting Texas.
(d) His willingness to allow the country to go to war.

4. Under what law was President Andrew Johnson tried in the Congress?
(a) The Articles of Impeachment.
(b) The Civilian Code.
(c) The Bill of Rights.
(d) The Articles of Confederation.

5. After Lamar toured Mississippi to discuss his reasons for voting the way he did, how did the people react?
(a) They held rallies against him.
(b) No one came out to hear the traitor.
(c) They recalled him from Congress.
(d) They changed their opposition to Lamar and supported him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Lamar later say was the first one ever put into his hands to read?

2. How was Lamar similar to author Joel Harris?

3. What was ironic when the Matthews Resolution came up for a vote in the Senate?

4. Who said that Democracy is the worst form of government--except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time?

5. What was Lamar's main purpose in his political actions?

(see the answer key)

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