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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Armed Ship Bill?
(a) It provided for US Navy action while claiming neutrality.
(b) It provided a large tax increase to build upthe navy.
(c) It provided for arming neutral American merchant ships.
(d) It provided for ships to supply weapons for the Allies in Europe.

2. What Speaker of the House did Norris oppose to the chagrin of his party?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Walter Smith.
(c) Joe Cannon.
(d) John Dalzell.

3. What does Kennedy identify as the personal tragedy and national greatness about Sen. Robert A. Taft?
(a) That his father had been President but he had no such ambitions.
(b) That he got his party's nomination three times but never won a Presidential election.
(c) That he aspired to be President but his uncompromising sense of right prevented that from happening.
(d) That he would always speak out in such a way that appeared to compromise his beliefs.

4. What disease cut short Lamar's military career?
(a) Polio.
(b) Dyptheria.
(c) Laryngitis.
(d) Apoplexy.

5. What character traits did Henry Adams consider that Lamar possessed above all others?
(a) Amiability and aimlessness.
(b) Tact and humor.
(c) Stubbornness and greed.
(d) Envy and averace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Robert A. Taft have in common with John Quincey Adams?

2. What opinion did Taft share with Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas?

3. Who was the butcher of New Orleans who was the chief prosecutor in Johnson's impeachment trial?

4. Why did the six Republicans say they would not vote to convict President Johnson?

5. Why did George Norris decide to go against his constituents and vote according to his conscience?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the reaction of the Democrats to Taft's public statements?

2. What happened to Ross after the Johnson impeachment proceedings?

3. What was the downfall of Sen. Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama?

4. How was Lamar able to win back the support of the people of Mississippi?

5. Why is Ross called the man who saved a president?

6. How did Lamar win respect from Northerners and Democrats in Congress?

7. How did the Senate Republicans feel about Ross when he first came to Congress?

8. What was wrong with the situation under the lead of Czar Cannon in the House?

9. What were Ross' feelings about the presidency that caused him to vote the way he did even though he opposed President Andrew Johnson?

10. After the Senate, what political office did Lamar hold?

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