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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Webster's constituents view his stand on compromise with the slave states?
(a) They supported him wholeheartedly.
(b) They thought he should run for President.
(c) They were proud of their native son.
(d) It drew their wrath.

2. What earned Houston the name of traitor and pro-Abolitionist?
(a) His vote against the Missouri compromise.
(b) His vote against the Kansas-Nebraska Bill.
(c) His support of President Lincoln.
(d) His friendship with Senator Calhoun.

3. How did one reporter categorize elected officials?
(a) That they were gluttons for mental punishment.
(b) That people thought everything they said was untrue.
(c) That people elected them on their looks.
(d) That they needed to be good public speakers.

4. What was one argument Webster made for compromising on the question of slavery?
(a) World opinion would eventually settle the question.
(b) Northerns would be able to have slaves legally.
(c) Slavery would eventually dry up because there were fewer traders.
(d) If the Union divided, slavery might even become stronger in the Southern states.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was it about Benton that inspired the approval of his Missouri constituency?

2. What is an irony of Benton's opposition to the slave states?

3. What does Kennedy say was a liability about Webster's immense popularity with both sides of the political spectrum?

4. How does Kennedy assess the failure of both Adams presidencies to produce second terms?

5. Why did Thomas Hart Benton get the nickname of Old Bullion?

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