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  • 1. When was Millard Fillmore born?
A) December 25, 1815
B) January 7, 1800
C) July 4, 1776
D) March 4, 1809
  • 2. Which political party did Millard Fillmore belong to?
A) Democratic
B) Federalist
C) Republican
D) Whig
  • 3. In which year did Millard Fillmore become the President of the United States?
A) 1850
B) 1820
C) 1890
D) 1920
  • 4. Which state was Millard Fillmore from?
A) Ohio
B) New York
C) Pennsylvania
D) Virginia
  • 5. Which war did Millard Fillmore witness the end of during his presidency?
A) Spanish-American War
B) French and Indian War
C) Mexican-American War
D) Civil War
  • 6. Which religious denomination did Millard Fillmore adhere to?
A) Catholic
B) Unitarian
C) Presbyterian
D) Methodist
  • 7. Which legislation signed by Millard Fillmore angered abolitionists?
A) Fugitive Slave Act
B) Emancipation Proclamation
C) 13th Amendment
D) Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • 8. Which abolitionist novel did Millard Fillmore offer to host and support?
A) Uncle Tom's Cabin
B) The Underground Railroad
C) The Liberator
D) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
  • 9. Who did Millard Fillmore marry in 1826?
A) Abigail Powers
B) Martha Washington
C) Mary Todd
D) Dolley Madison
  • 10. What was Millard Fillmore's occupation before becoming President?
A) Doctor
B) Lawyer
C) Teacher
D) Farmer
  • 11. What number president of the United States was Millard Fillmore?
A) The 13th
B) The 12th
C) The 14th
D) The 15th
  • 12. Who succeeded Zachary Taylor as president in 1850?
A) James Buchanan
B) Millard Fillmore
C) Franklin Pierce
D) William Henry Harrison
  • 13. What trade did Millard Fillmore initially apprentice in?
A) Farming
B) Blacksmithing
C) Clothmaking
D) Carpentry
  • 14. Who was the first president to be a member of the Whig Party while in office?
A) William Henry Harrison
B) John Tyler
C) Zachary Taylor
D) Millard Fillmore
  • 15. What position did Millard Fillmore hold before becoming vice president?
A) U.S. House of Representatives
B) Senator from New York
C) Governor of New York
D) Mayor of Buffalo
  • 16. What was Millard Fillmore's stance on slavery during his career?
A) He was indifferent to the issue of slavery.
B) He declared it evil but said the federal government could not end it.
C) He believed in immediate abolition by the federal government.
D) He supported its expansion into new territories.
  • 17. Who were Millard Fillmore's rivals for state party leadership?
A) Thurlow Weed and William H. Seward
B) Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
C) Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren
D) John C. Calhoun and Stephen A. Douglas
  • 18. What role did Fillmore play in the U.S. House of Representatives?
A) Minority Leader
B) Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee
C) Majority Whip
D) Speaker of the House
  • 19. Which foreign policy action did Fillmore support during his presidency?
A) Backing Narciso López's filibuster expeditions to Cuba.
B) Supporting French designs on Hawaii.
C) U.S. Navy expeditions to open trade in Japan.
D) Opposing the annexation of Texas.
  • 20. What party did Fillmore join after the Whig Party broke up?
A) Know Nothings (American Party)
B) Free Soil Party
C) Democratic Party
D) Republican Party
  • 21. Who defeated Millard Fillmore in the 1856 presidential election?
A) John C. Frémont
B) James Buchanan
C) Millard Fillmore himself
D) Stephen A. Douglas
  • 22. What was Millard Fillmore's position on the Union during the Civil War?
A) He advocated for immediate peace without conditions.
B) He supported Southern secession.
C) He remained neutral throughout the conflict.
D) He denounced secession and supported maintaining the Union by force if necessary.
  • 23. Which university did Millard Fillmore serve as chancellor?
A) University of Buffalo
B) Yale University
C) Harvard University
D) Princeton University
  • 24. Who was the presidential candidate opposed by many Anti-Masons during Millard Fillmore's early political career?
A) Henry Clay
B) General Andrew Jackson
C) John Quincy Adams
D) Martin Van Buren
  • 25. How many terms did Millard Fillmore serve in the New York State Assembly?
A) Two two-year terms
B) Four one-year terms
C) Three one-year terms
D) One three-year term
  • 26. Which Supreme Court justice did Fillmore appoint during his presidency?
A) Benjamin Robbins Curtis
B) John Marshall
C) William O. Douglas
D) Roger B. Taney
  • 27. What rank did Millard Fillmore achieve in the New York Militia?
A) Captain
B) Major
C) Colonel
D) General
  • 28. Who was initially expected to be nominated as Taylor's vice-presidential running mate?
A) Millard Fillmore
B) Abbott Lawrence
C) John A. Collier
D) Solomon Foot
  • 29. On which ballot did Millard Fillmore win the vice-presidential nomination?
A) Second ballot
B) Third ballot
C) First ballot
D) Fourth ballot
  • 30. What did Fillmore establish at the White House?
A) A museum
B) A presidential archive
C) The first library
D) An art gallery
  • 31. What did Clay's 'Omnibus Bill' propose regarding California?
A) Leaving the decision to popular sovereignty.
B) Making California a slave state.
C) Admitting California as a free state.
D) Withdrawing its application for statehood.
  • 32. Who was nominated as the Democratic candidate for governor in 1844?
A) Willis Hall.
B) Theodore Frelinghuysen.
C) James K. Polk.
D) Senator Silas Wright.
  • 33. When did Millard Fillmore die?
A) March 8, 1874
B) January 20, 1869
C) February 10, 1858
D) April 15, 1865
  • 34. In which year did Millard Fillmore first run successfully for the U.S. House of Representatives?
A) 1836
B) 1834
C) 1840
D) 1832
  • 35. Who was the influential Massachusetts Senator who took Fillmore under his wing during his time in Washington?
A) Daniel Webster
B) Henry Clay
C) John C. Calhoun
D) John Quincy Adams
  • 36. Which president eventually filled the Supreme Court vacancy after Fillmore's term?
A) James Buchanan
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Millard Fillmore
D) Franklin Pierce
  • 37. Who did Millard Fillmore correspond with while in Europe?
A) Queen Victoria
B) John Bright
C) Andrew Donelson
D) Dorothea Dix
  • 38. What was the status of Buffalo when Millard Fillmore arrived?
A) Town
B) City
C) Metropolis
D) Village
  • 39. In what year did Millard Fillmore marry Caroline McIntosh?
A) 1858
B) 1874
C) 1856
D) 1860
  • 40. Who did the New York delegation initially support at the 1844 Whig National Convention?
A) Frelinghuysen for vice president.
B) Clay for president.
C) Seward for vice president.
D) Fillmore for vice president.
  • 41. Who led the Perry Expedition to open Japan?
A) Captain John Paul Jones
B) General Winfield Scott
C) Admiral David Farragut
D) Commodore Matthew C. Perry
  • 42. What did Millard Fillmore intend to address in his final annual message?
A) The Mexican-American War
B) The Compromise of 1850
C) Slavery
D) Economic policies
  • 43. What illness did Abigail Fillmore develop after catching a cold?
A) Influenza.
B) Typhoid fever.
C) Pneumonia.
D) Cholera.
  • 44. What was Fillmore's age when he announced he would not seek reelection in July 1842?
A) 45
B) 47
C) 42
D) 40
  • 45. Where did Millard Fillmore receive formal notification of President Taylor's death?
A) At the Senate
B) At the Willard Hotel
C) At the Washington Monument
D) In the White House
  • 46. What role did Fillmore play in the Tariff of 1842?
A) He was not involved in it.
B) He opposed it strongly.
C) His role made him memorable among delegates.
D) He drafted the entire tariff.
  • 47. Which treaty is associated with Fillmore's administration avoiding a war with Mexico?
A) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
B) Gadsden Treaty
C) Monroe Doctrine
D) Oregon Treaty
  • 48. Who did Fillmore support for the Whig nomination instead of seeking it himself in 1846?
A) Theodore Frelinghuysen.
B) Silas Wright.
C) John Young.
D) James K. Polk.
  • 49. How many electoral votes did the Taylor-Fillmore ticket win in the 1848 election?
A) 291,501
B) 163
C) 127
D) 1,361,393
  • 50. Who did Millard Fillmore take as a law clerk in East Aurora?
A) John Quincy Adams
B) Andrew Jackson
C) Nathan K. Hall
D) Thurlow Weed
  • 51. Who administered the oath of office to Millard Fillmore when he became vice president?
A) Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
B) President Zachary Taylor
C) Thurlow Weed
D) William H. Seward
  • 52. Which state's electoral votes did Fillmore and Donelson win in the 1856 election?
A) California
B) Maryland
C) Virginia
D) New York
  • 53. What caused Millard Fillmore's daughter Mary to die?
A) Influenza.
B) Cholera.
C) Typhoid fever.
D) Pneumonia.
  • 54. Who did Fillmore support for the vice-presidential nomination from the Whigs in 1836?
A) William Henry Harrison
B) John Tyler
C) Henry Clay
D) Francis Granger
  • 55. Who stepped into Webster's role as Secretary of State after his death?
A) Pierce
B) Scott
C) Fillmore
D) Everett
  • 56. Which railroad did Fillmore subsidize that connected Chicago to Mobile?
A) The Transcontinental Railroad
B) The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
C) The Illinois Central Railroad
D) The Union Pacific Railroad
  • 57. Who did Millard Fillmore assure was loyal to the Whig Party?
A) Henry Clay
B) Lewis Cass
C) William O. Butler
D) Zachary Taylor
  • 58. Which historian wrote that Fillmore was not a Know Nothing or nativist?
A) David McCullough
B) Ron Chernow
C) Stephen Ambrose
D) Allan Nevins
  • 59. On which ballot was Zachary Taylor nominated as the Whig candidate?
A) Fourth ballot
B) Third ballot
C) First ballot
D) Second ballot
  • 60. Who did Fillmore lead the committee to welcome in Buffalo?
A) James K. Polk.
B) John Quincy Adams.
C) Henry Clay.
D) Theodore Frelinghuysen.
  • 61. Where did Fillmore have an audience with Pope Pius IX?
A) London
B) Rome
C) Jerusalem
D) Paris
  • 62. When did Millard Fillmore's daughter, Mary, die?
A) January 1, 1856.
B) July 26, 1854.
C) December 25, 1855.
D) March 30, 1853.
  • 63. Which infrastructure project did Fillmore support by voting in favor during his time in Congress?
A) Construction of the Panama Canal
B) Building a transcontinental railroad
C) Expansion of the Erie Canal
D) Navigation improvements on the Hudson River
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