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