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