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Quiz Yourself on President Martin Van Buren
1. Martin Van Buren, the 8th president, was born on December 5, 1782, and holds the distinction of being the first American president to have done what?
Been on television
Been photographed
Born in the United States
Written for a newspaper
Been impeached
2. The Van Buren family came to New York in 1633, and Martin Van Buren grew up speaking what language?
Dutch
French
English
German
Russian
3. A man of diminutive stature, Van Buren was known by what nickname?
Martin Thumb
The Little Magician
Small Marty
Shorty
Tiny Van
4. After being appointed secretary of state in the first Andrew Jackson Administration, what position did Van Buren hold in the second Jackson Administration?
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Education
Secretary of the Interior
Vice President
Secretary of State
5. What idiom is often attributed to Van Buren?
OK
It's raining cats and dogs
Hit the nail on the head
All bark and no bite
Small but mighty
6. As soon as Van Buren became president, what happened in the country?
Civil War
War with Mexico
Industrial Revolution
Famine
Economic Depression
7. Van Buren opposed the annexation of what territory?
New Mexico
Louisiana
Texas
Canada
Florida
8. Who did Van Buren lose his re-election campaign to?
Taft
Taylor
Johnson
Grant
Harrison
9. Van Buren was convinced to run on what ticket in the election of 1848?
Free Soil
Whig
Democrat
Republican
Tory
10. Van Buren was instrumental in creating what political party?
Republican
Democrat
Whig
Democratic-Republican
Tory
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Martin Van Buren, the 8th president, was born on December 5, 1782, and holds the distinction of being the first American president to have done what?
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