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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the dichotomy concerning John Quincey Adams' father?
(a) Adams was a stern father but a political liberal.
(b) Adams raised his son to always do as his father did regardless of what he thought personally.
(c) Adams had raised his son to do what he believed to be right and that meant opposing his father.
(d) Adams was not religious but his son, John Quincey, was a devout Puritan.

3. Who served as the Governor of Tennessee and later as Senator from the State of Texas?
(a) Thomas Hart Benton.
(b) Sam Houston.
(c) Henry Calhoun.
(d) Stephen A. Austin.

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

5. Why did Thomas Hart Benton get the nickname of Old Bullion?
(a) His gold plated sign on his office door.
(b) His advocacy for hard currency.
(c) His silver mines in Missouri.
(d) His greed for money.

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

7. What effect did Webster's three-hour-long speech in the Senate have in 1850?
(a) It helped hold off the Civil War for a good ten years.
(b) It made many political allies for Webster.
(c) It gave the South the idea of secession.
(d) It rallied the North to declare war on the South.

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

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

10. Where did Houston say he wanted it written that he loved his country, he was a patriot, and he was devoted to the Union.
(a) On his tombstone.
(b) On the face of the Texas capitol building.
(c) In the Dallas Herald.
(d) In the latest history books.

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

12. Why was it considered a contradiction when Houston supported temperance?
(a) He owned a brewery.
(b) His political supporters opposed temperance.
(c) He made his money in rum running.
(d) He was a heavy drinker.

13. What is the example of some advice Kennedy received when he first became a Congressman?
(a) The way to go is to make your own decisions.
(b) Listen and do what the majority are doing.
(c) Follow the yellow brick road.
(d) The way to get along is to go along.

14. What was one argument Webster made for compromising on the question of slavery?
(a) World opinion would eventually settle the question.
(b) Slavery would eventually dry up because there were fewer traders.
(c) Northerns would be able to have slaves legally.
(d) If the Union divided, slavery might even become stronger in the Southern states.

15. Who was the first son of a former president to become president of the U.S.?
(a) Thomas Alva Edison.
(b) John Quincey Adams.
(c) Andrew Jefferson.
(d) Geroge Washington Carver.

Short Answer Questions

1. In terms of service in office of both father and son, what similarity set them apart from presidents before and after them?

2. What did the historian Wharton say about Houston's courage as he fought against Texas' secession from the Union?

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

4. What was rumored to be the cause of Houston's breakdown and resigning as Governor of Tennessee?

5. For what conflict does Kennedy feel the most empathy?

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