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