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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Daniel Webster describe and define himself?
(a) As a debator who loved to take any opposing view.
(b) As a citizen of the world.
(c) Not as a Massachusetts man but as an American.
(d) As a free thinker opposed to the Union.

2. Why did Benton oppose the treaty of annexation of Texas?
(a) Because Texas was too big.
(b) Because Texas would cost too much money.
(c) Because he disliked Sam Houston.
(d) Because of his commitment to the Union.

3. Why did Houston define himself as an old fogy?
(a) Because, he said, I have been around far too long and need to retire.
(b) Because, he said, I don't always practice what I preach.
(c) Because, he said, I cling devotedly to the principles upon which our government was founded.
(d) Because, he said, he had been made a martyr for Texas.

4. What earned Houston the name of traitor and pro-Abolitionist?
(a) His friendship with Senator Calhoun.
(b) His vote against the Missouri compromise.
(c) His support of President Lincoln.
(d) His vote against the Kansas-Nebraska Bill.

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

6. What was rumored to be the cause of Houston's breakdown and resigning as Governor of Tennessee?
(a) He discovered that his young bride had been forced to marry him even though she loved another.
(b) He started drinking heavily and could not perform his duties.
(c) General Andrew Jackson called him for an important secret mission.
(d) People were pressuring him to run for President of the Union but he did not want to.

7. In spite of John Quincey Adams' clarity and political courage, what life-long need did he have?
(a) Unwavering popularity among the people.
(b) The visible justification of God.
(c) The approval of his father and mother.
(d) A personal fortune so he was not dependent on the voters.

8. What is ironic about Houston as an Indian fighter?
(a) He knew nothing about Indians.
(b) He distrusted Andrew Jackson.
(c) He had lived twice with the Cherokee.
(d) It was the only time he was a team player.

9. How did Benton's reputation for being crazy become problematic to his opponents?
(a) They never knew what he might do next.
(b) They thought people would think they were picking on Benton.
(c) They feared he would blow up the capitol building.
(d) They feared he would challenge them to a duel.

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

11. What was Benton's characteristic that early on made his constituents love him?
(a) His political favors.
(b) His fearlessness.
(c) His humble nature.
(d) His sense of humor.

12. How did Webster view the Compromise of 1850 in terms of his anti-slavery convictions?
(a) He thought it would give him power to run for President.
(b) He wanted to bring the prospect of Civil War to a head.
(c) He believed that compromise would eventually lead to abolition.
(d) He viewed it as a short-term compromise.

13. Where did Houston deliver his acceptance speech after being elected Governor as an independent?
(a) In San Antonio, Texas.
(b) In Houston, Texas.
(c) On the steps of the Capitol building.
(d) At San Jacinto.

14. Why was Webster not bothered by what many would consider as bribes?
(a) He felt he was entitled to extra benefits for his service to the Union.
(b) He accepted money and gifts but always did only what he thought was right.
(c) He never let that happen to him.
(d) The moral question of accepting money and gifts for Webster was not an issue for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Webster a leader in the North prior to the Civil War?

2. How did Webster's constituents view his stand on compromise with the slave states?

3. After Houston's removal from the Senate, what office did he run for and win as an independent?

4. Who said that courage is grace under pressure?

5. Kennedy sees as a weakness in John Quincey Adams an emotional attachment to whom?

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