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Zachary Taylor and His Life Trivia Quiz

Do you know the 12th President? Take this quiz to find out.

A multiple-choice quiz by curtis9789. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
curtis9789

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
316,829

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
280

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Question 1 of 10

1. Zachary Taylor was the first US president to be directly elected from this position. Hint

Secretary of State

General

Vice President

Secretary of War

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the relationship of Zachary Taylor and his vice president Millard Fillmore before Taylor was elected? Hint

They were close friends

They met during the campaign

Their wives knew each other

They had never met

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Question 3 of 10

3. This was the first presidential election that was conducted on the same day around the nation.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Zachary Taylor is a direct descendant of a pilgrim on the Mayflower.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Zachary Taylor was a 2nd cousin of which former president? Hint

James Monroe

James Madison

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

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Question 6 of 10

6. Taylor acquired his nickname, "Old Rough and Ready" fighting in which war? Hint

Seminole Indian War 1837-1840

Blackhawk War 1832

Mexican War 1846-1848

War of 1812

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Question 7 of 10

7. Zachary Taylor was in the military nearly all his life but this was his only major vice. Hint

He smoked

He took drugs

He drank

Chewed tobacco

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Question 8 of 10

8. General Taylor's greatest victory in the Mexican War was which of the following? Hint

Capturing Mexico City

Buena Vista

Capturing Vera Cruz

Capturing San Antonio

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Question 9 of 10

9. Zachary Taylor owned over 100 slaves when he was elected president?

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. The dominate issue of the campaign of 1848 was slavery and in particular which of the following? Hint

Missouri Compromise

Anti-Slavery

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Wilmot Proviso

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Zachary Taylor was the first US president to be directly elected from this position.

Answer: General

Zachary Taylor had never held any political or public position between general and President. General Grant was interim Secretary of War before becoming President. A century or so later, Dwight D. Eisenhower was President of Columbia University before he also became President (although still a General in the US military).

2. What was the relationship of Zachary Taylor and his vice president Millard Fillmore before Taylor was elected?

Answer: They had never met

The political parties nominated the presidential and vice presidential candidates in those days. So Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore never met each other until the election was over.

3. This was the first presidential election that was conducted on the same day around the nation.

Answer: True

The Uniform Federal Election Law of January 23, 1845 set an election day which was the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November for all federal elections. Before this, elections were held throughout the year.

4. Zachary Taylor is a direct descendant of a pilgrim on the Mayflower.

Answer: True

The name of the pilgrim was William Brewster who arrived on the Mayflower. He was a direct descendant of Taylor.

5. Zachary Taylor was a 2nd cousin of which former president?

Answer: James Madison

His great-grandfather James Taylor also was great-grandfather of James Madison.

6. Taylor acquired his nickname, "Old Rough and Ready" fighting in which war?

Answer: Seminole Indian War 1837-1840

There were three Seminole Indian Wars. He only fought in the second Seminole Indian War.

7. Zachary Taylor was in the military nearly all his life but this was his only major vice.

Answer: Chewed tobacco

He neither smoke nor drank.

8. General Taylor's greatest victory in the Mexican War was which of the following?

Answer: Buena Vista

He won the battle of Buena Vista from a larger force of Mexicans under general Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna.

9. Zachary Taylor owned over 100 slaves when he was elected president?

Answer: True

But he still opposed the expansion of slavery into California.

10. The dominate issue of the campaign of 1848 was slavery and in particular which of the following?

Answer: Wilmot Proviso

The Wilmot Proviso was a bill to ban slavery from any territory acquired in the Mexican War. The Wilmot Proviso was never passed.

Source: Author curtis9789

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