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Profiles in Courage Lottery Quiz Flashcards

1
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Where is John Quincy Adams from?

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Massachusettes

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What was John Quincy Adams’ bad choice?

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He supported Jefferson in the passing of the Embargo Bill which tanked Mass economy

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What was John Quincy Adams’ vote?

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He voted for the Louisiana Purchase

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What were John Quincy Adams’ consequences?

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He resigned his seat in 1808

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Where is Daniel Webster from?

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Massachusettes

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What was Daniel Webster’s bad choice?

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He helped push The Great Compromise to keep the union from seperating

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What was Daniel Webster’s vote?

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He voted for The Great Compromise to keep the union whole

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What were Daniel Webster’s consequences?

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He resigned from the senate

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Where is Thomas Hart Benton from?

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Missouri

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What was Thomas Hart Benton’s bad choice?

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He refused to accept Calhoun’s new territory resoloution

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What was Thomas Hart Benton’s vote?

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He voted not to accept Calhoun’s plan

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What were Thomas Hart Benton’s consequences?

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He was voted out of office in 1851, and lost congress in 1855

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Where is Sam Houston from?

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Texas

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What was Sam Houston’s bad choice?

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He didn’t like that new territories could vote to be slave or non slave with the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What was Sam Houston’s vote?

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He voted against the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What were Sam Houston’s consequences?

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Rejected by Texas public when running for governor of Texas

17
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Where is Edmund Ross from?

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Kansas

18
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What was Edmund Ross’ bad choice?

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He was the deciding vote to impeach President Andrew Johnson

19
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What was Edmund Ross’ vote?

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He chose not to impeach the President Andrew Johnson

20
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What were Edmund Ross’ consequences?

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He wasn’t reelected to the Senate for Kansas and faced ridicule back home

21
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Where is Lucius Lamar from?

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Mississippi

22
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What was Lucius Lamar’s bad choice?

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He agreed to the findings of an election commission that gave the presidency to republican Rutherford Hayes and spoke a eulogy for Charles Sumner

23
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What was Lucius Lamar’s vote?

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He voted against free silver which would’ve helped Mississippi’s economy in the short run

24
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What were Lucius Lamar’s consequences?

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Nothing

25
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Where is George Norris from?

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Nebraska

26
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What was George Norris’s bad choice?

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He introduced a reform resolution that would strip speaker Joe Cannon of much of his power

27
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What was George Norris’s vote?

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He voted against arming merchant ships

28
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What were George Norris’s consequences?

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Nothing

29
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Where is Robert A. Taft from?

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Ohio

30
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What was Robert A. Taft’s bad decision?

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He fought the Nuremburg trials because he felt the Nazi prisoners were being tried unfairly with ex post facto laws

31
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What was Robert A. Taft’s vote?

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He voted that the trials were unfair

32
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What were Robert A. Taft’s consequences?

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He wasn’t elected president in 1948 due to his unpopular opinion

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