1. What view did Webster take that made him unpopular with abolitionists?
(a) He refused to argue against salvery when he went to the Southern states.
(b) He did not feel that being a part of a Union that allowed slavery in some territories a viable alternative.
(c) He was a strong supporter of the Union and believed compromise on slavery was more important than breaking up the nation.
(d) He would not address the subject of slavery because he though it would just go away.

2. What was so strange about Henry Clay's enlisting Webster in his cause for compromise?
(a) Clay was a republican and Webster was an independent.
(b) Clay had always opposed Webster in the Senate before.
(c) Clay was from the South and Webster was from the North.
(d) Webster had given many speeches opposing Henry Clay.

3. John Quincey Adams' mother was fond of saying John had been groomed to do what?
(a) Write great books.
(b) Become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
(c) Uphold the American legal system.
(d) Become a Puritan minister.

4. What is a particular problem on occasion when the electorate presents a desire to the elected official?
(a) What they want they are not willing to help pay for.
(b) What they want may not in the long run be good for the constituency.
(c) What they want is not clear to the elected official.
(d) What they want is not fair to fixed income people.

5. How did Daniel Webster describe and define himself?
(a) As a citizen of the world.
(b) As a free thinker opposed to the Union.
(c) Not as a Massachusetts man but as an American.
(d) As a debator who loved to take any opposing view.