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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was John Quincey Adams generally unhappy?
(a) He never traveled abroad.
(b) He never married his childhood sweetheart.
(c) He never felt he had accomplished enough.
(d) He never couold live up to his mother's expectations.

2. What was Lamar's involvement in the controversial Hayes-Tilden presidential election?
(a) He supported an election commission that eventually gave Hayes the Presidency.
(b) He refused to fight the election results.
(c) He voted against the Democrats and supported Hayes.
(d) He made stump speeches for Hayes.

3. What was rumored to be the cause of Houston's breakdown and resigning as Governor of Tennessee?
(a) General Andrew Jackson called him for an important secret mission.
(b) He discovered that his young bride had been forced to marry him even though she loved another.
(c) He started drinking heavily and could not perform his duties.
(d) People were pressuring him to run for President of the Union but he did not want to.

4. In spite of John Quincey Adams' clarity and political courage, what life-long need did he have?
(a) Unwavering popularity among the people.
(b) The approval of his father and mother.
(c) The visible justification of God.
(d) A personal fortune so he was not dependent on the voters.

5. John Quincey Adams was a Senator from what state?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticutt.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What act of inconsistency brought his Missouri constituents to brand him a traitor?

2. Where did Houston say he wanted it written that he loved his country, he was a patriot, and he was devoted to the Union.

3. What Senator pulled a gun on Benton once?

4. What poet does Kennedy quote to express the bitterness of the South during reconstruction?

5. Why was Webster a leader in the North prior to the Civil War?

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