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Franklin Pierce - Exam
  • 1. When was Franklin Pierce born?
A) 1804
B) 1812
C) 1799
D) 1822
  • 2. Which U.S. state was Franklin Pierce born in?
A) Virginia
B) New Hampshire
C) New York
D) Massachusetts
  • 3. Which political party was Franklin Pierce associated with?
A) Federalist
B) Republican
C) Democratic
D) Whig
  • 4. Who did Franklin Pierce succeed as President of the United States?
A) Zachary Taylor
B) James K. Polk
C) Millard Fillmore
D) Martin Van Buren
  • 5. Franklin Pierce served as President from which years?
A) 1861-1865
B) 1857-1861
C) 1849-1853
D) 1853-1857
  • 6. In what year did Franklin Pierce die?
A) 1855
B) 1901
C) 1876
D) 1869
  • 7. Which political figure advised Franklin Pierce not to become President due to his wife's distress over the position?
A) Millard Fillmore
B) Henry Clay
C) John C. Calhoun
D) Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • 8. Where did Franklin Pierce graduate from college?
A) Bowdoin College
B) Yale University
C) Harvard University
D) Princeton University
  • 9. Who was Franklin Pierce's First Lady?
A) Dolley Madison
B) Martha Washington
C) Abigail Adams
D) Jane Pierce
  • 10. Franklin Pierce was the youngest President elected up to his time, at what age?
A) 48
B) 55
C) 42
D) 36
  • 11. Franklin Pierce is the only President to have served in what war?
A) American Revolutionary War
B) Spanish-American War
C) Mexican-American War
D) Civil War
  • 12. Which of the following crises occurred during Pierce's presidency?
A) Bleeding Kansas
B) Watergate
C) The Great Depression
D) The Cuban Missile Crisis
  • 13. Which Supreme Court case occurred during Pierce's presidency that later exacerbated tensions between North and South?
A) Plessy v. Ferguson
B) Marbury v. Madison
C) McCulloch v. Maryland
D) Dred Scott v. Sandford
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