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Franklin Pierce - Exam
Contributed by: Jacobs
  • 1. When was Franklin Pierce born?
A) 1799
B) 1812
C) 1822
D) 1804
  • 2. Which U.S. state was Franklin Pierce born in?
A) New Hampshire
B) Massachusetts
C) New York
D) Virginia
  • 3. Which political party was Franklin Pierce associated with?
A) Democratic
B) Whig
C) Federalist
D) Republican
  • 4. Who did Franklin Pierce succeed as President of the United States?
A) Martin Van Buren
B) Zachary Taylor
C) Millard Fillmore
D) James K. Polk
  • 5. Franklin Pierce served as President from which years?
A) 1849-1853
B) 1853-1857
C) 1861-1865
D) 1857-1861
  • 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) Henry Clay
B) Millard Fillmore
C) Nathaniel Hawthorne
D) John C. Calhoun
  • 8. Where did Franklin Pierce graduate from college?
A) Princeton University
B) Yale University
C) Bowdoin College
D) Harvard University
  • 9. Who was Franklin Pierce's First Lady?
A) Martha Washington
B) Dolley Madison
C) Jane Pierce
D) Abigail Adams
  • 10. Franklin Pierce was the youngest President elected up to his time, at what age?
A) 42
B) 48
C) 36
D) 55
  • 11. Franklin Pierce is the only President to have served in what war?
A) Civil War
B) American Revolutionary War
C) Spanish-American War
D) Mexican-American War
  • 12. Which of the following crises occurred during Pierce's presidency?
A) Watergate
B) The Great Depression
C) The Cuban Missile Crisis
D) Bleeding Kansas
  • 13. Which Supreme Court case occurred during Pierce's presidency that later exacerbated tensions between North and South?
A) Marbury v. Madison
B) Dred Scott v. Sandford
C) Plessy v. Ferguson
D) McCulloch v. Maryland
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