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Average Grover Cleveland Quiz | 10 Questions | World

This quiz is about President Grover Cleveland and events that occurred during his presidency. My source of information is the World Book Encyclopedia.

A multiple-choice quiz by witchwatcher. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
witchwatcher

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
275,303

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What state joined the Union under Cleveland's administration? Hint

Colorado

New Mexico

South Dakota

Utah

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who served as Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture in his first Cabinet? Hint

William C. Endicott

Charles S. Fairchild

Thomas F. Bayard

Norman J. Coleman

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was unusual about Cleveland's First Lady, Frances Folsom Cleveland? Hint

She was an actress before marrying Cleveland.

She is the youngest First Lady in U. S. history.

She was crippled by Polio as a child.

She was a recovering alcoholic.

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Question 4 of 10

4. In what year was the Statue of Liberty dedicated to Grover Cleveland? Hint

1887

1889

1888

1886

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was Grover Cleveland credited as the first President to do? Hint

He was the first Democratic President elected after the Civil War.

All of these are true.

He was the first and only President to serve two terms but not consecutively.

He was the first President to get married in the White House.

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was one of the most important bills of Cleveland's first term? Hint

The Bland-Allison Act

The Presidential Succession Act

The Interstate Commerce Act

The Sherman Silver Purchase Act

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following was NOT one of Cleveland's children? Hint

Esther

Ruth

Rachel

Marion

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Question 8 of 10

8. Why did Cleveland board a friend's yacht in New York Harbor and sail up the East River in July, 1893? Hint

He wanted to take a vacation.

He needed to have surgery because he had stomach cancer.

He was having a summit meeting with political leaders.

He needed to have surgery because he had cancer of the mouth.

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Question 9 of 10

9. What political group played a major role in Cleveland's election in 1884? Hint

The Knights of Labor

The New Populists

The Goldbugs

Mugwumps

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following inventions/discoveries occurred during Cleveland's administration? Hint

Wireless Telegraph System

X Rays

Henry Ford's first car

All of these events occurred

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What state joined the Union under Cleveland's administration?

Answer: Utah

In 1896 Utah joined the Union as the 45th state.

2. Who served as Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture in his first Cabinet?

Answer: Norman J. Coleman

In 1889, the Department of Agriculture was made an executive agency by Congress and was given Cabinet rank.

3. What was unusual about Cleveland's First Lady, Frances Folsom Cleveland?

Answer: She is the youngest First Lady in U. S. history.

Frances Folsom Cleveland is the youngest First Lady in U.S. history. Cleveland married her in the Blue Room of the White House when she was 21 (and he was 49). He called her by her nickname, "Frank."

4. In what year was the Statue of Liberty dedicated to Grover Cleveland?

Answer: 1886

The Statue of Liberty, given to the U. S. by France, was dedicated to Grover Cleveland October 28 1886, in New York.

5. What was Grover Cleveland credited as the first President to do?

Answer: All of these are true.

Grover Cleveland is credited as the first President to serve two terms as President but not consecutively. Grover Cleveland won the presidency in 1884 but lost it to Benjamin Harrison in 1888. He ran against Harrison in 1892 and won a second term. Cleveland served as the 22nd and 24th President.

6. What was one of the most important bills of Cleveland's first term?

Answer: The Interstate Commerce Act

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 was the first federal law to regulate railroads and other forms of transportation.

7. Which of the following was NOT one of Cleveland's children?

Answer: Rachel

Cleveland had five children: Ruth, born in 1891; Esther, born in 1893; Marion, born in 1895; Richard F., born in 1897; Francis, born in 1903. Esther Cleveland was the first child of a President to be born in the White House.

8. Why did Cleveland board a friend's yacht in New York Harbor and sail up the East River in July, 1893?

Answer: He needed to have surgery because he had cancer of the mouth.

Shortly after Cleveland began his second term as President, physicians found that he had cancer of the mouth. The nation was already in a shaky financial situation so government officials felt it best to keep the surgery a secret. In July, 1893, Cleveland and a team of surgeons boarded a friend's yacht in New York harbor.

While sailing up the East River, the surgeons removed Cleveland's upper jaw. The operation was a complete success.

9. What political group played a major role in Cleveland's election in 1884?

Answer: Mugwumps

Many Republicans were outraged by the nomination of James G. Blaine as the Republican candidate for President in the election of 1884. Blaine had been implicated in a financial scandal. Many of the Republicans felt the time had come for a national reform administration.

This group of Republicans, called Mugwumps, decided to withdraw from the convention and vote for a democrat as long as he was an honest man.

10. Which of the following inventions/discoveries occurred during Cleveland's administration?

Answer: All of these events occurred

in 1895 Guglielmo Marconi of Italy produced a practical wireless telegraph system. In 1896, Henry Ford's first car debuted on the streets in Detroit. In 1895, Wilhelm Roentgen of Germany discovered X-Rays.

Source: Author witchwatcher

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