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