Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - How Well Do You Know Ulysses S. Grant?

1. President Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. How many U.S. presidents were born in Ohio?

Eight

Three

Five

Four

One

2. Grant served in the Mexican American War under which future U.S. president?

Tyler

Jackson

Fillmore

Taylor

Johnson

3. Grant rose to what rank in the Union army during the Civil War?

Supreme Commander

Lieutenant General

General

Sergeant

Lieutenant at Arms

4. Which Confederate general surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, Virginia?

Jackson

McClellan

Sherman

Johnston

Lee

5. Grant served as secretary of war under which president?

Taylor

Sherman

Johnson

Washington

Harrison

6. Grant was elected president in what year?

1864

1866

1868

1870

1890

7. Grant was a vocal proponent of what amendment that enfranchised a large part of the population?

Thirteenth

Fifteenth

Sixteenth

Seventeenth

Third

8. Who published Grant's two-volume memoirs?

Mark Twain

Charles Dickens

Edgar Allen Poe

Herman Melville

Washington Irving

9. Which American poet eulogized Grant in a poem?

Dickinson

Poe

Longfellow

Whitman

Whittier

10. Who is buried in Grant's tomb in New York City?

No one

Grant

Paupers

Grant's wife

Grant's son