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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Senator had to be carried into the Senate to cast his vote on Johnson's impeachment?

2. How did Lamar view the free silver movement of 1877?

3. Who was the only Southern senator who refused to secede with his state?

4. What characteristic of Sen. Taft did Kennedy suggest might best be judged after many years?

5. Under what law was President Andrew Johnson tried in the Congress?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What difference does Kennedy see between breaking with a political party and breaking with a section?

4. Sen. Lucius Lamar of Mississippi entered Congress as a secessionist but after the Civil War he worked for compromise. Why?

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

6. Why did Taft speak out against the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war leaders?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay contrasting Daniel Webster's seeing nothing wrong with taking money from special interests and Sam Rayburn's refusal to take even government money for House trips. You can look up Sam Rayburn on Wikipedia.

Essay Topic 2

Write a two page paper on three people you believe should be in a future book on profiles in courage.

Essay Topic 3

Write a narrative about someone from your school who showed uncommon courage.

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