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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what law was President Andrew Johnson tried in the Congress?
(a) The Bill of Rights.
(b) The Articles of Confederation.
(c) The Civilian Code.
(d) The Articles of Impeachment.

2. On what basis did Edmund G. Ross claim his right not to decide until all the evidence was presented against Johnson.
(a) He wanted the publicity.
(b) He was trying to get bribe money for his vote.
(c) He thought it was all a big joke.
(d) He had taken the oath of impartiality.

3. Who called Taft's speech against the Nazi war crimes trials a classic example of his muddled and confused thinking?
(a) Newspaper columnist David Lawrence.
(b) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York.
(c) Sen. Scott Lucas of Illinois.
(d) Former Nazi Franz Von Papen.

4. Who was the Democratic majority leader in the Senate who later became Vice President?
(a) Jacob Javits.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) John Nance Garner.
(d) Alben Barkley.

5. How had President Johnson come to power?
(a) He was popularly elected President by the people.
(b) He succeeded Lincoln after the assassination.
(c) He had President Lincoln assassinated.
(d) He was appointed by Congress.

6. What does Kennedy suggest is the number of courageous Senators who have put their political lives on the line in order to speak honestly?
(a) He wrote down a list of over fifty.
(b) He said every Senator has that kind of honesty.
(c) There are too many to name.
(d) The ones in his book are the only ones.

7. What disease cut short Lamar's military career?
(a) Apoplexy.
(b) Polio.
(c) Laryngitis.
(d) Dyptheria.

8. What book did Lamar later say was the first one ever put into his hands to read?
(a) Plutarch's LIVES.
(b) Plato's REPUBLIC.
(c) Joel Harris' SONG OF THE SOUTH.
(d) Franklin's AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

9. How was Lamar similar to author Joel Harris?
(a) Lamar had a pet named Br'er Rabbit.
(b) Lamar, like Harris, was a graduate of Oxford.
(c) Lamar wrote a book called Tunes of the South.
(d) Lamar, like Harris, told tales about the South.

10. Why did Taft speak out against the War Crimes Trials and the Nuremberg Trials?
(a) He had supported the Germans during WWII.
(b) He advocated letting the Isralies try the German war criminals.
(c) He believed the crimes were being tried under an ex post facto law which he felt was unconstitutional and un-American.
(d) He thought the German war criminals should be tried in America.

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

12. What famous piece of legislation bears Robert A. Taft's name?
(a) The Taft Welfare Act.
(b) The Taft-Hartley Act.
(c) The Taft Health Plan.
(d) The Taft Education Manifesto.

13. Why did Norris oppose the Armed Ship Bill when his state seemed to favor it?
(a) He thought the bill would prevent the US from declaring war on Germany.
(b) Norris believed it was a ploy to get the US into WWI without going through congress.
(c) He wanted to gain fame as the man who defied President Wilson.
(d) He thought it should really be a declaration of war.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the Jay Treaty and why did President Washington support it?

3. Who was the Senator from Nebraska who opposed President Woodrow Wilson's Armed Ship Bill?

4. Why was Norris' candidate for President unpopular in 1928?

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

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