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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 two bills did Houston support that made him unpopular in the South?

2. To what does Kennedy ascribe as half the power of Webster?

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

4. Why was John Quincey Adams generally unhappy?

5. What does Kennedy say was a liability about Webster's immense popularity with both sides of the political spectrum?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Sen. Benton get his reputation as a fighter?

3. What personal weakness does Kennedy point out about John Quincey Adams?

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

5. Why was it so easy for him to go and live with the Indians?

6. If Webster's popularity was an asset, how does Kennedy point out that it was also a liability?

7. How does the book reflect John Kennedy's admiration for certain former U.S. Senators?

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

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

10. What does Kennedy have to say about political organizations that have the time and resources to mount letter writing campaigns?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper about a great example of political compromise in the history of the world. (You choose the topic.)

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 on why a person cannot be arrested and tried for something that was not identified as a crime when he or she did it.

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