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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lamar view the free silver movement of 1877?
(a) He saw it as creating easy inflationary money.
(b) He supported it to help save Mississippi.
(c) He was too ill to pay it much attention.
(d) He saw it as a depletion of the nation's silver.

2. What high office did Lamar hold at the end of his career?
(a) Head of the Democratic National Committee.
(b) Secretary of the Interior.
(c) Justice of the Supreme Court.
(d) Vice-President of the United States.

3. What act of courage marked the Presidency of Robert A. Taft's father, William Howard Taft?
(a) Pushing for more and more farm subsidies.
(b) Forecasting that America would go to war with Germany and Japan.
(c) Denouncing Woodrow Wilson for his mishandling of WWI.
(d) Standing by his Secretary of the Interior against opposition from Pinchot and Roosevelt.

4. Why did George Norris decide to go against his constituents and vote according to his conscience?
(a) He felt that his constituents were being led by the alarmist press.
(b) He was convinced that it was the only way for him to get publicity.
(c) It was his purpose to run for President in the next general election.
(d) He said that just voting as he was told required no patriotism, no education, and no courage.

5. Which bitter rival of Sen. Robert A. Taft actually ended up in the White House?
(a) Harry S. Truman.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Thomas E. Dewey.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhaur.

6. Why was Norris' candidate for President unpopular in 1928?
(a) He was a Catholic.
(b) He wore a moustache.
(c) He was a Radical.
(d) He was a Socialist.

7. What character traits did Henry Adams consider that Lamar possessed above all others?
(a) Tact and humor.
(b) Envy and averace.
(c) Stubbornness and greed.
(d) Amiability and aimlessness.

8. Who was the Senator from Nebraska who opposed President Woodrow Wilson's Armed Ship Bill?
(a) George W. Norris.
(b) Lucius Lamar.
(c) James W. Grimes.
(d) Rutherford Hayes.

9. How did Ross describe his feelings just before he cast his not guilty vote?
(a) I felt the chill of fear on my spine.
(b) I had a great lump in my throat.
(c) I looked down at my open grave.
(d) I was afraid I could not speak.

10. Why were the Radical Republicans happy to see Edmund G. Ross come to the Senate?
(a) He was a moderate who opposed slave states but owned slaves himself.
(b) He was inexperienced in politics and the Senators could control him.
(c) He had spoken out for Lincoln's reconstruction ideas.
(d) He was adamantly against slavery and had worked hard for abolition.

11. What nickname was given to Joe Cannon because of his power?
(a) Duke Cannon.
(b) Czar Cannon.
(c) King Cannon.
(d) Lord Cannon.

12. What were the results of Norris' opposition of President Wilson on the Armed Ship Bill?
(a) He was recalled by Nebraska.
(b) He resigned his seat in the Senate.
(c) He was taken off all Senate committees.
(d) He was vilified for acting against the President.

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

14. Why was it so surprising to the Radical Republicans that Ross would not announce his vote before the trial began?
(a) He had been anti-Johnson for many years.
(b) Roos' history was one of anti-slavery and against the southern states.
(c) The senior Senator from Kansas was for convicting Johnson.
(d) Because he was from Kansas, they thought he would not vote against his constituents.

15. Which candidate did Norris support in the 1928 Presidential election?
(a) Al Sharpton.
(b) Al Smith.
(c) Al Newman.
(d) Al Gore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which courageous Senator refused to support the expunging of some of Jackson's military activities?

2. Who made the statement that when he had made up his mind it was not in the power of man to divert him?

3. On what basis did Edmund G. Ross claim his right not to decide until all the evidence was presented against Johnson.

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

5. What was Johnson's purpose as President that caused him problems with the Radical Republicans?

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