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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What benefit did Norris fight for to aid the people of Tennessee Valley?
(a) Tax relief for the poor.
(b) Better roads and highways.
(c) Low cost electricity.
(d) Coal mining concessions.

2. What does Kennedy identify as the second pressure that prevents courageous deeds by elected officials.
(a) The need to publish a book.
(b) The need to travel the world.
(c) The need to get re-elected.
(d) The need to get more education.

3. Did Norris always oppose President Wilson's measures?
(a) No. He supported the President's issues that made him look good in Nabraska.
(b) No. He was opposed to any form of isolationism.
(c) No. He supported the President's major foreign policy issues.
(d) Yes. He was a total critic of Woodrow Wilson.

4. Which courageous Senator refused to support the expunging of some of Jackson's military activities?
(a) Sen. Andrew Johnson of Tennessee.
(b) Sen. John Tyler of Virginia.
(c) Sen. Oscar Underwood of Alabama.
(d) Sen. Humphrey Marshall of Kentucky.

5. For what prestigious university did Adams once work as a professor?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Dartmouth.
(d) Yale.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a speech, how did Houston justify his right to deliver an address in a Texas town where he had been turned away from the courthouse?

2. What method did Sen. Norris use to prevent the passage of the Armed Ship Bill?

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

4. What does Kennedy identify as the personal tragedy and national greatness about Sen. Robert A. Taft?

5. From the list of profiles in courage selected by Kennedy, is there some common reason behind their courage?

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