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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 occurred during a duel that gave Benton a reputation as something of a thug?

2. Who served as the Governor of Tennessee and later as Senator from the State of Texas?

3. What Webster speech in the Senate became known by the date it was given?

4. For what prestigious university did Adams once work as a professor?

5. What does Kennedy identify as the second pressure that prevents courageous deeds by elected officials.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why was John Quincey Adams' relationship with Thomas Jefferson so strange?

9. Relate how Benton survived an attempt on his life by another senator.

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

Write a narrative about someone from your school who showed uncommon courage.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write a narrative about what it must have been like for Sam Houston to live with the Cherokee as a boy.

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