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