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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. Who said that he would rather be in his grave than in the presidency?
(a) George Washington.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) John C. Clahoun.

2. What high office did Lamar hold at the end of his career?
(a) Head of the Democratic National Committee.
(b) Vice-President of the United States.
(c) Justice of the Supreme Court.
(d) Secretary of the Interior.

3. Of the 54 Senator in Congress, how many were openly opposed to the impeachment?
(a) About half of the Republicans and all of the Democrats.
(b) Thirty-six radical Republicans.
(c) Six Republicans and twelve Democrats.
(d) Only the twelve Democrats in the Senate.

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

5. Which senator saved himself from dunking by giving a speech beside the river?
(a) Sen. John Adams of Massachusetts.
(b) Sen. Jacob J. Javits of New York.
(c) Sen. Stephen Austin of Texas.
(d) Sen. Humphrey Marshall of Kentucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Taft's candor cause him to lose his party's nomination for President?

2. What was Lamar's involvement in the controversial Hayes-Tilden presidential election?

3. What nickname was given to Joe Cannon because of his power?

4. Which courageous Senator refused to support the expunging of some of Jackson's military activities?

5. What poet does Kennedy quote to express the bitterness of the South during reconstruction?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Edmund G. Ross come to the U.S. Senate from Kansas?

3. What was the result of Lamar's appointment to oversee the recount in the Hayes-Tilden presidential vote?

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

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

6. How did Norris manage to stop the vote on the Armed Ship Bill?

7. What was the Armed Ship Bill and why did Norris oppose it?

8. What was Norris' working knowledge of both poverty and war?

9. What immediate reaction came from Gov. Dewey of New York after Taft opposed the Nazi war crimes trials?

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

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