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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kennedy say was a liability about Webster's immense popularity with both sides of the political spectrum?
(a) Being popular made it difficult for him to compromise.
(b) People rarely took him seriously because of his ability to argue both sides.
(c) He had the ability to disappoint twice as many people than most elected officials.
(d) He was a politician of popular opinion rather than high principles.

2. Why was it considered a contradiction when Houston supported temperance?
(a) He owned a brewery.
(b) He made his money in rum running.
(c) He was a heavy drinker.
(d) His political supporters opposed temperance.

3. For what conflict does Kennedy feel the most empathy?
(a) The conflict between Congress and the Supreme Court.
(b) The conflict between political parties.
(c) The conflict of special interests versus constituency interests.
(d) The conflict of constituency interest versus national interests.

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

5. Where did Houston say he wanted it written that he loved his country, he was a patriot, and he was devoted to the Union.
(a) In the latest history books.
(b) In the Dallas Herald.
(c) On his tombstone.
(d) On the face of the Texas capitol building.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Benton urge support for expansion to the West?

2. What did the historian Wharton say about Houston's courage as he fought against Texas' secession from the Union?

3. What view did Webster take that made him unpopular with abolitionists?

4. Besides appearing to be disloyal to his father when he aligned himself with Jefferson's politics, what other problem arose for John Quincey Adams?

5. What is the first pressure of Americans that keeps them from acting courageously according to Kennedy?

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