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

2. Who called Taft's speech against the Nazi war crimes trials a classic example of his muddled and confused thinking?
(a) Sen. Scott Lucas of Illinois.
(b) Newspaper columnist David Lawrence.
(c) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York.
(d) Former Nazi Franz Von Papen.

3. What Senator had to be carried into the Senate to cast his vote on Johnson's impeachment?
(a) William Pitt Fessenden.
(b) John B. Henderson.
(c) Joseph Smith Fowler.
(d) James W. Grimes.

4. Why was Ross targeted for surveillance and harassment before the Johnson trial.
(a) Stanton thought he could intimidate Ross with his military connections.
(b) He kept silent on how he might vote.
(c) He was using his secret to gain political notariety.
(d) Both sides believed he was weak willed.

5. 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 wanted the publicity.
(c) He had taken the oath of impartiality.
(d) He was trying to get bribe money for his vote.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lamar able to convince President Hayes to do?

2. Taft supported education, health, housing, and other welfare programs against his normal conservative Republicanism. Why?

3. How many votes were needed to convict the President?

4. What does Kennedy identify as the personal tragedy and national greatness about Sen. Robert A. Taft?

5. Did Norris always oppose President Wilson's measures?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happened to Ross after the Johnson impeachment proceedings?

4. How did Lamar win respect from Northerners and Democrats in Congress?

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

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

7. How did Edmund G. Ross come to the U.S. Senate from Kansas?

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

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

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

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