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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Quincey Adams was a Senator from what state?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticutt.
(d) Virginia.

2. What is the first pressure of Americans that keeps them from acting courageously according to Kennedy?
(a) The need to raise campaign money.
(b) The need to be right all the time.
(c) The need to be well liked.
(d) The need to be different from other politicians.

3. 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 gave the South the idea of secession.
(c) It rallied the North to declare war on the South.
(d) It made many political allies for Webster.

4. What measure did Henry Clay enlist Webster to help with?
(a) The Great Compromise of 1850.
(b) Re-writing the Bill of Rights to include slavery.
(c) Speaches warning about Abraham Lincoln's political ambitions.
(d) Clay's bid for re-election.

5. What is ironic about Houston as an Indian fighter?
(a) He knew nothing about Indians.
(b) He distrusted Andrew Jackson.
(c) He had lived twice with the Cherokee.
(d) It was the only time he was a team player.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Benton's characteristic that early on made his constituents love him?

2. What does Kennedy identify as the second pressure that prevents courageous deeds by elected officials.

3. What was it about Benton that inspired the approval of his Missouri constituency?

4. What metaphoric comparison does Kennedy make to John Quincey Adams' Puritanism?

5. What was the result of Webster's courageous stand in giving the Seventh of March speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. Relate how Benton survived an attempt on his life by another senator.

2. Write down the epithet that testified to the intelligence of Thomas Hart Benton.

3. How did Sen. Benton get his reputation as a fighter?

4. Relate two important firsts for Senator Thomas Hart Benton.

5. What advice was Kennedy given when he first went to Congress?

6. Why was Henry Clay taking a chance when he enlisted Webster to help with passing the 1850 Compromise?

7. What was the irony of John Quincey's taking sides with Jefferson against his father?

8. What does Kennedy have to say about political organizations that have the time and resources to mount letter writing campaigns?

9. Aside from being Senator from Massachusetts, what was Daniel Webster known for?

10. What surprising victory did Houston win after being dismissed from the Senate?

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