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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. How does Kennedy assess the failure of both Adams presidencies to produce second terms?
(a) Personalities that clased with everyone not of their religion.
(b) Poor choices for their cabinet members.
(c) An unwillingness to compromise on mundane matters of politics.
(d) Unwillingness to campaign for a second term in office.

2. What was so strange about Henry Clay's enlisting Webster in his cause for compromise?
(a) Clay was from the South and Webster was from the North.
(b) Webster had given many speeches opposing Henry Clay.
(c) Clay had always opposed Webster in the Senate before.
(d) Clay was a republican and Webster was an independent.

3. Besides the Texas territory which Benton opposed, what other one did he support against his party's stand?
(a) Oregon.
(b) California.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Montana.

4. What was rumored to be the cause of Houston's breakdown and resigning as Governor of Tennessee?
(a) General Andrew Jackson called him for an important secret mission.
(b) People were pressuring him to run for President of the Union but he did not want to.
(c) He discovered that his young bride had been forced to marry him even though she loved another.
(d) He started drinking heavily and could not perform his duties.

5. Whom did the Adams family say that the magistrate must serve?
(a) His people.
(b) His party.
(c) His family.
(d) His god.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ironic about Houston as an Indian fighter?

2. What occurred during a duel that gave Benton a reputation as something of a thug?

3. What were Benton's most effective weapons as a fighter?

4. What is the example of some advice Kennedy received when he first became a Congressman?

5. What well-known military leader had Houston served under?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What advantages does Kennedy say John Quincey Adams had for political life?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Kennedy point out as interesting about letter John Quincey wrote at ages nine and forty-five?

8. What great stand did Webster take against the wishes of his abolitionist constituents?

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

10. What courageous vote did Houston cast that was unpopular with his constituents in Texas?

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