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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What issue caused Benton finally to begin losing popularity in Missouri?
(a) The Missouri voters became ashamed of Benton's rough behavior.
(b) Benton refused to own slaves.
(c) The Missouri voters felt allied to the South but Benton supported the Union.
(d) Benton had too many duels.

2. Why did Thomas Hart Benton get the nickname of Old Bullion?
(a) His advocacy for hard currency.
(b) His greed for money.
(c) His gold plated sign on his office door.
(d) His silver mines in Missouri.

3. What was it about Benton that inspired the approval of his Missouri constituency?
(a) He took young Congressmen under his wing.
(b) He was also very popular among his party members.
(c) He arranged a lot of pork barrel spending in Missouri.
(d) He did not care about political pressures and did what he thought was right.

4. What advantage did John Quincey Adams have as a politician?
(a) The confidence of coming from a strong political family.
(b) More education than experience.
(c) More money than anyone else.
(d) Ignorance of the Washington politics.

5. In addition to being the first Senator from Missouri, what other first did Benton achieve?
(a) First politician to have a duel.
(b) First Senator to serve 30 years in the Senate.
(c) First politician to support Martin Van Buren.
(d) First Senator to change political parties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Benton's characteristic that early on made his constituents love him?

2. Why was Webster not bothered by what many would consider as bribes?

3. Although thought of as a crazy politician, what did John F. Kennedy see as a mark of courage in the man?

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

5. What was one argument Webster made for compromising on the question of slavery?

(see the answer key)

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