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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kennedy identify as the second pressure that prevents courageous deeds by elected officials.
(a) The need to get more education.
(b) The need to get re-elected.
(c) The need to publish a book.
(d) The need to travel the world.

2. Which bitter rival of Sen. Robert A. Taft actually ended up in the White House?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhaur.
(b) Thomas E. Dewey.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Harry S. Truman.

3. How many votes were needed to convict the President?
(a) 40.
(b) 36.
(c) 54.
(d) 66.

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

5. What Senator had to be carried into the Senate to cast his vote on Johnson's impeachment?
(a) Joseph Smith Fowler.
(b) John B. Henderson.
(c) William Pitt Fessenden.
(d) James W. Grimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Jay Treaty and why did President Washington support it?

2. What act of courage marked the Presidency of Robert A. Taft's father, William Howard Taft?

3. Prior to the Civil War, what notable action did Lamar undertake with Jefferson Davis?

4. How was Benton's behavior different when he was with his family from when he was involved in politics?

5. How many tickets were printed up for seats during the Johnson Impeachment Trial?

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