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