Millard Fillmore - Test
Millard Fillmore
  • 1. When was Millard Fillmore born?
A) July 4, 1776
B) January 7, 1800
C) December 25, 1815
D) March 4, 1809
  • 2. Which political party did Millard Fillmore belong to?
A) Democratic
B) Whig
C) Federalist
D) Republican
  • 3. In which year did Millard Fillmore become the President of the United States?
A) 1850
B) 1890
C) 1920
D) 1820
  • 4. Which state was Millard Fillmore from?
A) Ohio
B) Pennsylvania
C) Virginia
D) New York
  • 5. Which war did Millard Fillmore witness the end of during his presidency?
A) Mexican-American War
B) Civil War
C) French and Indian War
D) Spanish-American War
  • 6. Which religious denomination did Millard Fillmore adhere to?
A) Presbyterian
B) Catholic
C) Methodist
D) Unitarian
  • 7. Which legislation signed by Millard Fillmore angered abolitionists?
A) Emancipation Proclamation
B) Fugitive Slave Act
C) Kansas-Nebraska Act
D) 13th Amendment
  • 8. Which abolitionist novel did Millard Fillmore offer to host and support?
A) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
B) The Underground Railroad
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin
D) The Liberator
  • 9. Who did Millard Fillmore marry in 1826?
A) Abigail Powers
B) Mary Todd
C) Martha Washington
D) Dolley Madison
  • 10. What was Millard Fillmore's occupation before becoming President?
A) Lawyer
B) Teacher
C) Farmer
D) Doctor
  • 11. What number president of the United States was Millard Fillmore?
A) The 14th
B) The 12th
C) The 15th
D) The 13th
  • 12. Who succeeded Zachary Taylor as president in 1850?
A) William Henry Harrison
B) James Buchanan
C) Franklin Pierce
D) Millard Fillmore
  • 13. What trade did Millard Fillmore initially apprentice in?
A) Farming
B) Blacksmithing
C) Clothmaking
D) Carpentry
  • 14. Who was the first president to be a member of the Whig Party while in office?
A) John Tyler
B) Millard Fillmore
C) Zachary Taylor
D) William Henry Harrison
  • 15. What position did Millard Fillmore hold before becoming vice president?
A) Senator from New York
B) Governor of New York
C) Mayor of Buffalo
D) U.S. House of Representatives
  • 16. What was Millard Fillmore's stance on slavery during his career?
A) He declared it evil but said the federal government could not end it.
B) He supported its expansion into new territories.
C) He was indifferent to the issue of slavery.
D) He believed in immediate abolition by the federal government.
  • 17. Who were Millard Fillmore's rivals for state party leadership?
A) John C. Calhoun and Stephen A. Douglas
B) Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren
C) Thurlow Weed and William H. Seward
D) Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
  • 18. What role did Fillmore play in the U.S. House of Representatives?
A) Speaker of the House
B) Majority Whip
C) Minority Leader
D) Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee
  • 19. Which foreign policy action did Fillmore support during his presidency?
A) Backing Narciso López's filibuster expeditions to Cuba.
B) U.S. Navy expeditions to open trade in Japan.
C) Supporting French designs on Hawaii.
D) Opposing the annexation of Texas.
  • 20. What party did Fillmore join after the Whig Party broke up?
A) Republican Party
B) Know Nothings (American Party)
C) Democratic Party
D) Free Soil Party
  • 21. Who defeated Millard Fillmore in the 1856 presidential election?
A) Millard Fillmore himself
B) James Buchanan
C) John C. Frémont
D) Stephen A. Douglas
  • 22. What was Millard Fillmore's position on the Union during the Civil War?
A) He advocated for immediate peace without conditions.
B) He denounced secession and supported maintaining the Union by force if necessary.
C) He supported Southern secession.
D) He remained neutral throughout the conflict.
  • 23. Which university did Millard Fillmore serve as chancellor?
A) Yale University
B) Princeton University
C) University of Buffalo
D) Harvard University
  • 24. Who was the presidential candidate opposed by many Anti-Masons during Millard Fillmore's early political career?
A) John Quincy Adams
B) Martin Van Buren
C) General Andrew Jackson
D) Henry Clay
  • 25. How many terms did Millard Fillmore serve in the New York State Assembly?
A) Three one-year terms
B) Four one-year terms
C) Two two-year terms
D) One three-year term
  • 26. Which Supreme Court justice did Fillmore appoint during his presidency?
A) William O. Douglas
B) Roger B. Taney
C) John Marshall
D) Benjamin Robbins Curtis
  • 27. What rank did Millard Fillmore achieve in the New York Militia?
A) Colonel
B) Major
C) Captain
D) General
  • 28. Who was initially expected to be nominated as Taylor's vice-presidential running mate?
A) Solomon Foot
B) John A. Collier
C) Millard Fillmore
D) Abbott Lawrence
  • 29. On which ballot did Millard Fillmore win the vice-presidential nomination?
A) Fourth ballot
B) First ballot
C) Third ballot
D) Second ballot
  • 30. What did Fillmore establish at the White House?
A) The first library
B) An art gallery
C) A museum
D) A presidential archive
  • 31. What did Clay's 'Omnibus Bill' propose regarding California?
A) Withdrawing its application for statehood.
B) Leaving the decision to popular sovereignty.
C) Making California a slave state.
D) Admitting California as a free state.
  • 32. Who was nominated as the Democratic candidate for governor in 1844?
A) Willis Hall.
B) James K. Polk.
C) Theodore Frelinghuysen.
D) Senator Silas Wright.
  • 33. When did Millard Fillmore die?
A) January 20, 1869
B) February 10, 1858
C) March 8, 1874
D) April 15, 1865
  • 34. In which year did Millard Fillmore first run successfully for the U.S. House of Representatives?
A) 1840
B) 1836
C) 1832
D) 1834
  • 35. Who was the influential Massachusetts Senator who took Fillmore under his wing during his time in Washington?
A) Daniel Webster
B) John C. Calhoun
C) Henry Clay
D) John Quincy Adams
  • 36. Which president eventually filled the Supreme Court vacancy after Fillmore's term?
A) Franklin Pierce
B) James Buchanan
C) Millard Fillmore
D) Abraham Lincoln
  • 37. Who did Millard Fillmore correspond with while in Europe?
A) Queen Victoria
B) Andrew Donelson
C) Dorothea Dix
D) John Bright
  • 38. What was the status of Buffalo when Millard Fillmore arrived?
A) Village
B) City
C) Town
D) Metropolis
  • 39. In what year did Millard Fillmore marry Caroline McIntosh?
A) 1858
B) 1856
C) 1860
D) 1874
  • 40. Who did the New York delegation initially support at the 1844 Whig National Convention?
A) Frelinghuysen for vice president.
B) Seward for vice president.
C) Fillmore for vice president.
D) Clay for president.
  • 41. Who led the Perry Expedition to open Japan?
A) Commodore Matthew C. Perry
B) General Winfield Scott
C) Captain John Paul Jones
D) Admiral David Farragut
  • 42. What did Millard Fillmore intend to address in his final annual message?
A) The Compromise of 1850
B) Economic policies
C) Slavery
D) The Mexican-American War
  • 43. What illness did Abigail Fillmore develop after catching a cold?
A) Cholera.
B) Typhoid fever.
C) Pneumonia.
D) Influenza.
  • 44. What was Fillmore's age when he announced he would not seek reelection in July 1842?
A) 40
B) 47
C) 42
D) 45
  • 45. Where did Millard Fillmore receive formal notification of President Taylor's death?
A) In the White House
B) At the Washington Monument
C) At the Senate
D) At the Willard Hotel
  • 46. What role did Fillmore play in the Tariff of 1842?
A) His role made him memorable among delegates.
B) He was not involved in it.
C) He drafted the entire tariff.
D) He opposed it strongly.
  • 47. Which treaty is associated with Fillmore's administration avoiding a war with Mexico?
A) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
B) Monroe Doctrine
C) Gadsden Treaty
D) Oregon Treaty
  • 48. Who did Fillmore support for the Whig nomination instead of seeking it himself in 1846?
A) Theodore Frelinghuysen.
B) John Young.
C) Silas Wright.
D) James K. Polk.
  • 49. How many electoral votes did the Taylor-Fillmore ticket win in the 1848 election?
A) 1,361,393
B) 163
C) 291,501
D) 127
  • 50. Who did Millard Fillmore take as a law clerk in East Aurora?
A) Thurlow Weed
B) Nathan K. Hall
C) Andrew Jackson
D) John Quincy Adams
  • 51. Who administered the oath of office to Millard Fillmore when he became vice president?
A) Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
B) President Zachary Taylor
C) Thurlow Weed
D) William H. Seward
  • 52. Which state's electoral votes did Fillmore and Donelson win in the 1856 election?
A) Virginia
B) New York
C) Maryland
D) California
  • 53. What caused Millard Fillmore's daughter Mary to die?
A) Cholera.
B) Typhoid fever.
C) Pneumonia.
D) Influenza.
  • 54. Who did Fillmore support for the vice-presidential nomination from the Whigs in 1836?
A) William Henry Harrison
B) John Tyler
C) Henry Clay
D) Francis Granger
  • 55. Who stepped into Webster's role as Secretary of State after his death?
A) Scott
B) Fillmore
C) Everett
D) Pierce
  • 56. Which railroad did Fillmore subsidize that connected Chicago to Mobile?
A) The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
B) The Illinois Central Railroad
C) The Union Pacific Railroad
D) The Transcontinental Railroad
  • 57. Who did Millard Fillmore assure was loyal to the Whig Party?
A) Henry Clay
B) William O. Butler
C) Zachary Taylor
D) Lewis Cass
  • 58. Which historian wrote that Fillmore was not a Know Nothing or nativist?
A) David McCullough
B) Ron Chernow
C) Allan Nevins
D) Stephen Ambrose
  • 59. On which ballot was Zachary Taylor nominated as the Whig candidate?
A) Second ballot
B) First ballot
C) Third ballot
D) Fourth ballot
  • 60. Who did Fillmore lead the committee to welcome in Buffalo?
A) John Quincy Adams.
B) Henry Clay.
C) James K. Polk.
D) Theodore Frelinghuysen.
  • 61. Where did Fillmore have an audience with Pope Pius IX?
A) Jerusalem
B) Rome
C) London
D) Paris
  • 62. When did Millard Fillmore's daughter, Mary, die?
A) December 25, 1855.
B) January 1, 1856.
C) March 30, 1853.
D) July 26, 1854.
  • 63. Which infrastructure project did Fillmore support by voting in favor during his time in Congress?
A) Building a transcontinental railroad
B) Navigation improvements on the Hudson River
C) Expansion of the Erie Canal
D) Construction of the Panama Canal
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