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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did the six Republicans say they would not vote to convict President Johnson?
(a) They came from conservative states.
(b) They said they didn't need to vote because there was a 36 majority anyway.
(c) They said some Prepblicans should vote no to make the party look unbiased.
(d) They said the evidence was not sufficient.

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

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

7. What famous speech did Lamar give in Congress?
(a) An eloquent eulogy for Charles Sumner.
(b) The Stars and Stripes speech.
(c) Give me liberty of give me death speech.
(d) The case for Confederacy speech.

8. How many tickets were printed up for seats during the Johnson Impeachment Trial?
(a) 157.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 299.

9. Taft's words on freedom of thought, freedom from orthodox dogma, and the right to think for oneself are his definition of what?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Unitarianism.
(c) Liberalism.
(d) Conservatism.

10. How many votes were needed to convict the President?
(a) 54.
(b) 66.
(c) 40.
(d) 36.

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

12. 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 was afraid I could not speak.
(d) I looked down at my open grave.

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

14. Prior to the Civil War, what notable action did Lamar undertake with Jefferson Davis?
(a) Writing the Articles of Confederation.
(b) Speaking out against secession.
(c) Designing the Confederate flag.
(d) Walking out of the Democratic Convention.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease cut short Lamar's military career?

2. What famous American represented the Boston Massacre defendants in 1770?

3. How did Lamar view the free silver movement of 1877?

4. What poet does Kennedy quote to express the bitterness of the South during reconstruction?

5. What book did Lamar later say was the first one ever put into his hands to read?

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