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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. Which candidate did Norris support in the 1928 Presidential election?
(a) Al Smith.
(b) Al Newman.
(c) Al Sharpton.
(d) Al Gore.

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

3. What was Ross' military experience?
(a) The Ohio Militia and the Confederate Army.
(b) The Union Army and the Union Navy.
(c) The Republic of Texas Army and the Union Army.
(d) The Kansas Free State Army and the Union Army.

4. 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) The senior Senator from Kansas was for convicting Johnson.
(d) He had been anti-Johnson for many years.

5. What character traits did Henry Adams consider that Lamar possessed above all others?
(a) Stubbornness and greed.
(b) Envy and averace.
(c) Tact and humor.
(d) Amiability and aimlessness.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was the butcher of New Orleans who was the chief prosecutor in Johnson's impeachment trial?

4. How did Taft's candor cause him to lose his party's nomination for President?

5. What characteristic of Sen. Taft did Kennedy suggest might best be judged after many years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the result of Lamar's appointment to oversee the recount in the Hayes-Tilden presidential vote?

2. How was Lamar able to win back the support of the people of Mississippi?

3. What is some of the speculation regarding Ross' not revealing how he would vote until he cast his vote on the Senate floor?

4. What was the first courageous act George W. Norris of Nebraska performed in Congress?

5. Why was the Jay Treaty of 1795 so unpopular in the new country of the United States?

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

7. How did Norris manage to stop the vote on the Armed Ship Bill?

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

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

10. What were Ross' feelings about the presidency that caused him to vote the way he did even though he opposed President Andrew Johnson?

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