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Quiz about Andrew Johnson
Quiz about Andrew Johnson

The Ultimate Andrew Johnson Quiz | U.S. Presidents


Here are ten questions to see how well you know the 17th president of the United States.

A multiple-choice quiz by uslugg. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
uslugg
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
201,127
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
436
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Question 1 of 10
1. Andrew Johnson was a career politician and was elected to all of the following positions except for which one? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Abraham Lincoln appointed Andrew Johnson as Military Governor of Tennessee on March 4, 1862 despite the fact that Johnson was a Senator from Tennessee when it seceded as a Confederate state. Why did Lincoln make such a controversial appointment as Johnson to hold this position? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. How many years of formal education did Andrew Johnson complete as a child? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Andrew Johnson was brought up on impeachment charges in 1867 by the U.S. Congress for violating which legislative act? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. While he was President, Andrew Johnson's son-in-law was elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee. What was his name? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. President Johnson enjoyed watching baseball games on the White Lot, which is now a portion of what is called the Ellipse. What did Johnson do prior to an inter-city match among the Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Athletics, and Brooklyn Atlantics? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Within the first year of his Presidency, Andrew Johnson had refused all pleas for mercy from Henry Wirz, who was hanged from the gallows that were erected in the shadows of the Capitol Building. Who was Henry Wirz and what was he executed for? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Andrew Johnson was regarded by many to have been an embarrassment at the Inauguration of 1865. What was the reason for this perception? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. For obvious reasons, Andrew Johnson was not nominated by the Democrats for the Presidential election of 1868. This man received the nomination instead and was subsequently defeated by Ulysses S. Grant. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Andrew Johnson never had a Vice-President, so if the Senate had convicted and removed him from the Presidency as a result of his impeachment charges, who would have become the new President? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Andrew Johnson was a career politician and was elected to all of the following positions except for which one?

Answer: President of the United States

Andrew Johnson was never elected as President; he was elected as Vice-President and was elevated to President upon Lincoln's death.
2. Abraham Lincoln appointed Andrew Johnson as Military Governor of Tennessee on March 4, 1862 despite the fact that Johnson was a Senator from Tennessee when it seceded as a Confederate state. Why did Lincoln make such a controversial appointment as Johnson to hold this position?

Answer: Despite his home state's secession, Johnson was a loyal and staunch Unionist.

Johnson was the only Senator from a seceding state that remained loyal to the Union and did not join the Confederate cause.
3. How many years of formal education did Andrew Johnson complete as a child?

Answer: 0

Andrew Johnson never attended school and was illiterate until the age of 18. It was his young new bride, Eliza McCardle that taught him how to read, write, and count.
4. Andrew Johnson was brought up on impeachment charges in 1867 by the U.S. Congress for violating which legislative act?

Answer: Tenure of Office Act

President Johnson challenged the constitutionality of the Tenure of Office Act, which Congress had passed over his veto, by firing his Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton. As a result of his actions, much like Bill Clinton's impeachment, Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives but was later acquitted by the Senate.
5. While he was President, Andrew Johnson's son-in-law was elected to the U.S. Senate from Tennessee. What was his name?

Answer: David T. Patterson

David T Patterson was a lawyer from Greenville, Tennessee and a strong supporter of Johnson's. Before marrying Martha Johnson in 1855, father-in-law-to-be Andrew had helped his good friend Patterson obtain a judgeship in East Tennessee.
6. President Johnson enjoyed watching baseball games on the White Lot, which is now a portion of what is called the Ellipse. What did Johnson do prior to an inter-city match among the Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Athletics, and Brooklyn Atlantics?

Answer: He gave government employees and clerks time off to watch the match.

Not only did Johnson give the federal employees the time off, he also had plush straight-backed chairs set up along the first base line for them to watch the games. He invited the teams up to the White House after the match.
7. Within the first year of his Presidency, Andrew Johnson had refused all pleas for mercy from Henry Wirz, who was hanged from the gallows that were erected in the shadows of the Capitol Building. Who was Henry Wirz and what was he executed for?

Answer: He was the commander of the Confederate prison camp Andersonville where Union soldiers were held under poor conditions during the Civil War.

Henry Wirz was a Captain in the Confederate Army and was appointed as Commandant of Camp Sumpter, more commonly known as Andersonville. About 45,000 Union soldiers were imprisoned there and nearly a third of them had died from starvation and diseases from the unsanitary conditions of the camp. The inhumane conditions have been compared to Hitler's Nazi death camps of WWII.
8. Andrew Johnson was regarded by many to have been an embarrassment at the Inauguration of 1865. What was the reason for this perception?

Answer: He was noticeably drunk and rambled on during his speech.

It is alleged that Johnson had drank a significant amount of whiskey beforehand in order to "fortify himself from a recent illness."
9. For obvious reasons, Andrew Johnson was not nominated by the Democrats for the Presidential election of 1868. This man received the nomination instead and was subsequently defeated by Ulysses S. Grant.

Answer: Horatio Seymour

Horatio Seymour was soundly defeated by Grant, who had received 280 electoral votes to Seymour's 80 electoral votes. Grant also won the popular vote by more than 300,000 votes.
10. Andrew Johnson never had a Vice-President, so if the Senate had convicted and removed him from the Presidency as a result of his impeachment charges, who would have become the new President?

Answer: Benjamin Wade, President pro tempore of the Senate

There is much speculation that the Radical Republicans in the Senate did not remove Johnson from office because the elevation of Wade, a Republican, to the Presidency would only later complicate the nomination and election of General U.S. Grant in the coming election, thus Johnson was acquitted instead.
Source: Author uslugg

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