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  Franklin Pierce (Not Hawkeye)    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
If you like US history, perhaps you'd like to see how you rate on this quiz about US president, Franklin Pierce.
Average, 10 Qns, Bodyguard, Jan 22 21
Average
Bodyguard
Jan 22 21
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  Franklin Pierce    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz on the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce.
Tough, 15 Qns, AdmiralShark, May 28 07
Tough
AdmiralShark
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trivia question Quick Question
During whose presidential administration did Pierce die?

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Franklin Pierce Trivia Questions
1. Pierce's father Benjamin served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. What rank did he achieve by the end of the war?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: lieutenant

Benjamin Pierce fought at Bunker Hill and Saratoga and spent the infamous winter with the troops at Valley Forge. He left the army in 1784 as a company commander.

2. Pierce was the first US president to be born in New Hampshire. In what New Hampshire city was Pierce born?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: Hillsborough

Pierce was born on November 23, 1804 in Hillsborough, New Hampshire on the banks of the Contoocook River.

3. Pierce was which number President of the US?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce (Not Hawkeye)

Answer: 14

His exact presidential dates are March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857.

4. From what university did Pierce graduate in 1824?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: Bowdoin

In 1824, Pierce graduated from Bowdoin College 5th in a class of 14.

5. What state was Franklin Pierce born in?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce (Not Hawkeye)

Answer: New Hampshire

He was born November 23, 1804 in Hillsborough, NH.

6. In what battle was Pierce injuried during the Mexican War?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: Contreras

Pierce was injuried during the battle of Contreras when his horse paniced, driving Pierce against the pommel of his saddle. Pierce passed out due to the pain.

7. What college did Franklin Pierce graduate from?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce (Not Hawkeye)

Answer: Bowdoin

He was a 1824 graduate of this university and became a lawyer.

8. On what ballot did Pierce win the 1852 Democratic nomination for president?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: 49th

Pierce did not even record any votes for president during the 1852 Democratic Convention in Baltimore till the 35th ballot when Virginia casts their votes for him as a compromise candidate. Support increased for him on every ballot after until he won the nomination on the 49th ballot.

9. Who was the Whig party candidate that opposed Pierce in the 1852 general election?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: Winfield Scott

Winfield Scott was the commander of US forces during the Mexican War. He won the Whig nomination on the 53rd ballot, defeating President Millard Fillmore.

10. Who became Mrs. Franklin Pierce?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce (Not Hawkeye)

Answer: Jane Appleton

Jane Appleton's father was a reverend and the president of Bowdoin college. Franklin and Jane Pierce married in 1834.

11. What noted 19th century author/poet was a close friend of Pierce and even contributed a campaign biography to the Democrats?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hawthorne and Pierce met each other while attending Bowdoin College and remain friends the rest of their lives. In fact, Pierce had taken Hawthorne to the White Mountains in 1864 in an effort to help Hawthorne regain his health. Pierce was, in fact, in the bedroom next door when Hawthorne died.

12. ____ ____ was his Secretary of War.

From Quiz Franklin Pierce (Not Hawkeye)

Answer: Jefferson Davis

Of course, Jefferson Davis went on to become the first and only President of the Confederate States of America with Alexander Stephens as his Vice-President.

13. How many states did Pierce's opponent win in the 1852 presidential election?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: 4

Scott won Kentucky, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Vermont in the election, losing to Pierce in the electoral college 252-42.

14. Where was Pierce's vice-president William King sworn into office?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: Havana, Cuba

At the time of the election, King was terminally ill with tuberculosis and travelled to Havana to seek treatment. Congress passed special legislation allowing King to take the oath of office in Havana, which he did. He then returned to his home in Alabama, where he died one month after being sworn in.

15. What tragedy happened to Pierce between his election and swearing-in as president?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: death of his only remaining son

Pierce's only remaining son, Benjamin, was the only victim of a train wreck that occured on January 6, 1853, shortly after the train had left Andover, Massachusetts for Concord, New Hampshire, where the Pierces were going to attend a funeral for a family friend.

16. Who was Franklin Pierce's Vice-President?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce (Not Hawkeye)

Answer: William King

Pierce and King won on the Democratic ticket of the Presidential race of 1852. King was from Alabama, and died in office as Vice-President without being replaced.

17. Future Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis served in Pierce's cabinet as war secretary. Who replaced Davis in Pierce's cabinet as secretary of war?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: no one

Davis served as war secretary during the entirety of the Pierce administration. Matter of fact, there was not one change in any cabinet position throughout Pierce's entire term in office.

18. What senator sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854 during Pierce's administration, which repealed the Missouri Compromise and sought to permit the settlers of those territories to decide for themselves if they would permit slavery?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: Stephen Douglas

Douglas was the Illinois senator famous for his debates with Abraham Lincoln in 1858. He was the Democratic nominee for president in 1860, losing in a rematch to Lincoln. Douglas died in 1861 and is buried in Chicago.

19. In 1855, the Pierce administration recognized the government of William Walker, a proslavery American that led a bunch of mercenaries to overthrow the government of what Central American country?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: Nicaragua

Walker served as president of Nicaragua from 1856 to 1857. Eventually, he fell out of favor with the US and the US navy arranged his removal from office in 1857. Walker's dream was to unite all the nations of Central America under one government. After one more attempt to acheive his goal in 1860, in Honduras, he was captured by the British Navy who turned him over to Honduras, who then executed him by firing squad.

20. During whose presidential administration did Pierce die?

From Quiz Franklin Pierce

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant

Pierce grew unpopular in the north because of his anti-war stance during the Civil War. Pierce died October 8, 1869 in Concord, New Hampshire. He was given a funeral accorded a former president of the United States. It wasn't until 1914 that the state of New Hampshire erected a statue to Pierce on the capital grounds and it wasn't until 1946 that a granite marker was placed on his grave in the Old North Cemetary in Concord.

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