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  10 Question James Buchanan Quiz    
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Here is a quiz on a great president that during a geneology trace was found to be a relative of my husband.
Average, 10 Qns, crazybombshell, Aug 19 24
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  15 Questions: James Buchanan Multiple Choice Quiz    
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Here is a quiz on the 15th president of the United States, James Buchanan.
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Buchanan's home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania was known as what?

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James Buchanan Trivia Questions
1. What number president was James Buchanan?

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Answer: 15th

Buchanan was born in Pennsylvania on April 23, 1791.

2. How many brothers and sisters did James Buchanan have?

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Answer: 10

Buchanan had six sisters and four brothers. He was the second youngest.

3. Who was Buchanan's vice president?

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Answer: John Breckinridge

During the 4-way race for president in 1860, Breckinridge was the candidate of the southern Democrats on a pro-slavery, pro-Union platform, polling 18% of the popular vote.

4. What religion did James Buchanan practice?

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Answer: Presbyterian

Buchanan did not officially join the Presbyterian Church until he had left the presidency.

5. In what year did Buchanan die?

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Answer: 1868

James Buchanan was the only unwed president in office.

6. Who was the woman Buchanan was engaged to in 1819 but, for reasons unknown, she suddenly broke it off?

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Answer: Anne Coleman

Reports say that Buchanan and Coleman quarreled and she broke off the engagement. She went to Philadelphia to visit relatives, where she died on December 9, 1819. Elizabeth Speer was Buchanan's mother, Harriett Lane was Buchanan's niece (who served as White House hostess during his administration) and Jane Appleton was the wife of Franklin Pierce.

7. What college did Buchanan graduate from in 1809?

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Answer: Dickinson College

Buchanan graduated with a degree in law.

8. During which war did Buchanan see military action?

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Answer: War of 1812

Buchanan joined a volunteer regiment of dragoons that marched to Baltimore as part of Major Charles Ridgely's Third Cavalry. When the British withdrew from Baltimore, he was discharged.

9. What war did Buchanan serve in?

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Answer: War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a war that pitted the United States against Great Britain.

10. When Buchanan was elected to the US House of Representatives for the first time, to which political party did he belong?

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Answer: Federalist

Buchanan represented Lancaster, York and and Dauphin counties in the House. When the Federalist party ceased to exist, he associated himself with the Jacksonian Democratic party.

11. After the war, what office did Buchanan hold?

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Answer: State Legislator

He served as Pennsylvania state legislator from 1814-1816.

12. Buchanan served as secretary of state under which president?

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Answer: James Polk

Buchanan served from 1845-1849. He was the only secretary of state during Polk's administration.

13. What office did Buchanan hold between 1821-1831?

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Answer: U.S. Representative

Initially a Federalist, Buchanan switched to the Democratic Party after the Federalist Party dissolved in the 1820's.

14. Buchanan's home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania was known as what?

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Answer: Wheatland

Sherwood Forest was the home of John Tyler. Kinderhook was the home of Martin Van Buren and Spiegel Grove was the home of Rutherford B. Hayes.

15. From 1832-1833, what country was Buchanan a U.S. minister for?

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Answer: Russia

Buchanan served as minister to Great Britain in 1853. Buchanan along with the U.S. ministers to France and Spain formulated the Ostend Manifesto, which stated that the U.S. should try to purchase the island of Cuba from Spain but also suggested that the U.S. might, under certain circumstances, be justified in using force to "wrest" the island away from Spain.

16. To what country did Buchanan serve as foreign minister (ambassador) from 1853-1856?

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Answer: Great Britain

Buchanan, along with the US ministers to Spain and France, drew up the Ostend Manifesto, which called for US acquisition of Cuba.

17. During what years did Buchanan serve as a U.S. senator?

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Answer: 1834-1845

Buchanan supported the Union during the Civil War.

18. Where was the Democratic National Convention, that nominated Buchanan for president in 1856, held?

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Answer: Cincinnati

The Republicans held their 1856 convention in Philadelphia and nominated John C. Fremont. The American Party held their convention that year in New York City and nominated former president Millard Fillmore. The Whigs held their 1856 convention in Baltimore and also nominated Fillmore.

19. What President appointed Buchanan secretary of state?

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Answer: Polk

In 1845, Polk appointed him to this position which he held for 4 years. Polk was our 11th president.

20. Buchanan's vice-president, John C. Breckinridge, was born in what state?

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Answer: Kentucky

Breckinridge was born in 1821. Breckinridge was only 36 when he was sworn in as vice-president.

21. This Buchanan cabinet member also served in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet.

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Answer: Edwin Stanton

Stanton served as Buchanan's attorney general from after the general election in 1860 till Buchanan left office in March 1861. He later served as Lincoln's secretary of war. Cobb was Buchanan's secretary of the treasury until Lincoln was elected. He then resigned and ended up being the chairman of the convention that organized the Confederacy in Montgomery. Aaron Brown was Buchanan's postmaster general. He died in 1859. Wells did not serve in Buchanan's cabinet but was Lincoln's secretary of the navy.

22. The failure of which financial institution caused the Panic of 1857?

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Answer: Ohio Life Insurance Co.

The Ohio Life Insurance Co went under in August 1857, causing an economic depression that lasted till the start of the Civil War.

23. How many southern states seceded from the US while Buchanan was president?

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Answer: 7

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas all seceded from the union before Lincoln took office.

24. How many states joined the union during Buchanan's presidency.

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Answer: 3

Minnesota (1858), Oregon (1859) and Kansas (1861) all joined the union while Buchanan was president. Kansas joined on January 29, 1861, a little over a month before Buchanan left office.

25. James Buchanan died while who was president?

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Answer: Andrew Johnson

Buchanan died on June 1, 1868 at Wheatland, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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