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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous speech did Lamar give in Congress?
(a) The case for Confederacy speech.
(b) Give me liberty of give me death speech.
(c) The Stars and Stripes speech.
(d) An eloquent eulogy for Charles Sumner.

2. Who was the butcher of New Orleans who was the chief prosecutor in Johnson's impeachment trial?
(a) Gen. Benjamin F. Butler.
(b) Gen William Tecumseh Sherman.
(c) Gen. Robert E. Lee.
(d) Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.

3. Why was Ross targeted for surveillance and harassment before the Johnson trial.
(a) He kept silent on how he might vote.
(b) Stanton thought he could intimidate Ross with his military connections.
(c) Both sides believed he was weak willed.
(d) He was using his secret to gain political notariety.

4. For what prestigious university did Adams once work as a professor?
(a) Dartmouth.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Yale.

5. Did Norris always oppose President Wilson's measures?
(a) No. He was opposed to any form of isolationism.
(b) Yes. He was a total critic of Woodrow Wilson.
(c) No. He supported the President's issues that made him look good in Nabraska.
(d) No. He supported the President's major foreign policy issues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was so strange about Henry Clay's enlisting Webster in his cause for compromise?

2. Who said that courage is grace under pressure?

3. What was ironic when the Matthews Resolution came up for a vote in the Senate?

4. Which of the following public offices did John Quincey Adams NOT hold?

5. What was Johnson's purpose as President that caused him problems with the Radical Republicans?

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