Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Quiz Yourself on Jefferson Davis

1. On February 18, 1861, Jefferson Davis became the provisional president of the Confederate States of America. He also served as its first elected president. Who was the last president of the Confederacy?

Jefferson Davis

Robert E. Lee

Sonewall Jackson

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Abraham Lincoln

2. Davis fled the advancing Union troops dressed in what disguise?

Farmer

Woman

Union soldier

Lincoln

Telegraph man

3. Who paid part of Davis' bail bond?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Angelica Grimke

Arthur Tappan

Abraham Lincoln

Horace Greeley

4. Upon graduating from West Point, what was the first conflict Jefferson Davis served in?

Comanche War

Iroquois War

Blackhawk War

Mexican American War

Civil War

5. Davis married his commanding officer's and what future president's daughter, against the officer's expressed wishes?

James Polk

Zachary Taylor

Benjamin Franklin

Ulysses Grant

Chester Arthur

6. Davis served valiantly in the Battles of Monterrey and Buena Vista during what war?

Civil War

Blackhawk War

Mexican American War

Spanish American War

War of Texas Independence

7. Davis was appointed senator of what state in 1847?

Alabama

Georgia

Virginia

Mississippi

Texas

8. Davis served in what position during the Pierce Administration?

Secretary of War

Secretary of State

Secretary of the Navy

Secretary of the Interior

Secretary of Education

9. The loss of what key city split the Confederacy in 1863, and was blamed on Davis's inability to bring his generals together?

Bull Run

Shiloh

Vicksburg

Nashville

Atlanta

10. After the Civil War, Davis was elected to the Senate but unable to serve due to what?

Illness

14th Amendment

Will

Fraud

Desire