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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. What poet does Kennedy quote to express the bitterness of the South during reconstruction?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Vachal Lindsay.

2. How did Lucius Lamar first run for Congress?
(a) As a Radical Republican.
(b) As a pro-Unionist.
(c) As a secessionist.
(d) As an independent.

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

4. What position did Lamar take after the Civil War?
(a) The way to end the South's suffering was compromise and reconciliation with the North.
(b) That laws needed to be enacted to punish carpetbaggers.
(c) That people should save their confederate money.
(d) That those who supported the Union should be tried as war criminals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who called Taft's speech against the Nazi war crimes trials a classic example of his muddled and confused thinking?

2. How was Lamar similar to author Joel Harris?

3. Why did the six Republicans say they would not vote to convict President Johnson?

4. What was ironic when the Matthews Resolution came up for a vote in the Senate?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Taft speak out against the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war leaders?

2. What was Sen. Robert A. Taft's unrealized political ambition throughout his career?

3. What difference does Kennedy see between breaking with a political party and breaking with a section?

4. What was the downfall of Sen. Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama?

5. What was Norris' working knowledge of both poverty and war?

6. What was the reaction of the Democrats to Taft's public statements?

7. Sen. Lucius Lamar of Mississippi entered Congress as a secessionist but after the Civil War he worked for compromise. Why?

8. Why is Ross called the man who saved a president?

9. What was the Armed Ship Bill and why did Norris oppose it?

10. What immediate reaction came from Gov. Dewey of New York after Taft opposed the Nazi war crimes trials?

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