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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ironic about Texas secession on March 2?

2. Kennedy sees as a weakness in John Quincey Adams an emotional attachment to whom?

3. What did the historian Wharton say about Houston's courage as he fought against Texas' secession from the Union?

4. What effect did Webster's three-hour-long speech in the Senate have in 1850?

5. What questionable arrangement kept Webster in the Senate when he was about to resign?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Benton's leaving Tennessee early in his life.

5. Was Houston able to prevent Texas from seceding from the Union?

6. What caused Houston to resign as governor of Tennessee and go live with the Indians?

7. What are the three pressures Kennedy identifies for any elected official?

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

9. What metaphor does Kennedy use illustrating the elected official and constituency relationship?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do you think American history might have been completely different if Edmund Norris had voted against President Johnson?

Essay Topic 2

Connect the annexation of Texas, the addition of Oregon, and the Kansas-Nebraska Bill and show why they were so politically hot issues.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay contrasting Daniel Webster's seeing nothing wrong with taking money from special interests and Sam Rayburn's refusal to take even government money for House trips. You can look up Sam Rayburn on Wikipedia.

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