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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In addition to being the first Senator from Missouri, what other first did Benton achieve?
(a) First Senator to serve 30 years in the Senate.
(b) First politician to support Martin Van Buren.
(c) First politician to have a duel.
(d) First Senator to change political parties.

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

4. Besides appearing to be disloyal to his father when he aligned himself with Jefferson's politics, what other problem arose for John Quincey Adams?
(a) He lost his political influence for many months.
(b) Disillusionment of his party when he broke with them and voted with Jefferson.
(c) His mother becaue distraught that her son and husband did not agree.
(d) He was forced to change political parties and lose his seniority.

5. What were Benton's most effective weapons as a fighter?
(a) Friends and relatives.
(b) Wit and sarcasm.
(c) Knives and bull whips.
(d) Guns and canons.

6. What Webster speech in the Senate became known by the date it was given?
(a) The Christmas Day speech.
(b) The Independence Day speech.
(c) The Seventh of March speech.
(d) The First of January speech.

7. Besides the Texas territory which Benton opposed, what other one did he support against his party's stand?
(a) Alaska.
(b) California.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Montana.

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

9. What leader who was at odds with Adams' father did John Quincey find himself agreeing with quite often?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

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

11. What is ironic about Texas secession on March 2?
(a) It was the anniversary of Houston's election to the Senate.
(b) It was the day Houston became governor.
(c) It was Houston's brithday.
(d) It was the anniversary of the battle of San Jacinto.

12. 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 publish a book.
(d) The need to get re-elected.

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

14. What was it about Benton that inspired the approval of his Missouri constituency?
(a) He took young Congressmen under his wing.
(b) He did not care about political pressures and did what he thought was right.
(c) He was also very popular among his party members.
(d) He arranged a lot of pork barrel spending in Missouri.

15. When Houston ran away from home in his childhood, where did he go?
(a) To live with the Cherokee.
(b) To his grandfather.
(c) To Texas.
(d) To sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did Webster's three-hour-long speech in the Senate have in 1850?

2. What does Kennedy suggest prevents a lot of people from acting courageously?

3. How does Kennedy characterize the difficult position of the elected official?

4. What questionable arrangement kept Webster in the Senate when he was about to resign?

5. John Quincey Adams was a Senator from what state?

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