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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. Whom did the Adams family say that the magistrate must serve?

3. In terms of service in office of both father and son, what similarity set them apart from presidents before and after them?

4. What earned Houston the name of traitor and pro-Abolitionist?

5. What well-known military leader had Houston served under?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discus the results of Benton's not voting for the annexation of Texas.

3. Detail the important political positions held by Sam Houston.

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

5. What does Kennedy point out as a moral flaw in Daniel Webster?

6. What advice was Kennedy given when he first went to Congress?

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

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

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

10. What courageous belief did Webster demonstrate by speaking out for the 1850 Compromise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the presidencies of John Adams and John Quincey Adams and the presidencies of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the most courageous person you have ever met.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about compromise and how it is necessary to getting along in life.

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