Bill O'Reilly: American Patriot Quiz - 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