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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. How many tickets were printed up for seats during the Johnson Impeachment Trial?

2. What was Johnson's purpose as President that caused him problems with the Radical Republicans?

3. What benefit did Norris fight for to aid the people of Tennessee Valley?

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

5. What Speaker of the House did Norris oppose to the chagrin of his party?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the Senate, what political office did Lamar hold?

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

3. Why was it courageous of Norris to support Al Smith for President?

4. Why is Ross called the man who saved a president?

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

6. What immediate reaction came from Gov. Dewey of New York after Taft opposed the Nazi war crimes trials?

7. Why was the Jay Treaty of 1795 so unpopular in the new country of the United States?

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

9. Why did Sen. Lamar vote against the Bland Silver Bill even though the Mississippi legislature had instructed him to vote for it?

10. How did the Senate Republicans feel about Ross when he first came to Congress?

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

Discuss in a paper why Sen. Norris' support for Al Smith for President might have been of special interest to Sen. John Kennedy.

Essay Topic 3

Write a brief account of the Nuremberg trials.

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