Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz

1. President William McKinley was shot on September 6, 1901. Who succeeded him as president when the assassination attempt proved fatal 8 days later?

Theodore Roosevelt

William Taft

James Garfield

Woodrow Wilson

George Bush

2. Where was President McKinley when he was shot?

Buffalo

Oswego

New York City

Boston

Erie

3. McKinley was the last U.S. president to have fought in what war?

War on Taxes

French and Indian War

War of 1812

Revolutionary War

Civil War

4. The United States' involvement in the Spanish-American War during McKinley's presidency was caused in part by what?

Cigar embargo

Dengue fever

Yellow journalism

Red journalism

Yellow fever

5. At the end of the Spanish-American War, Spain ceded title to which countries to the United States?

Russia, China, Japan

Azores and Bermuda

Caribbean, Canary Islands

Cuba, Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico

Paraguay, Chile

6. What future state was made an official U.S. territory under the McKinley Administration?

Florida

Wyoming

Montana

Hawaii

Alaska

7. McKinley sent troops in to help Europeans put down what revolt in China?

Taiping Rebellion

Boxer Rebellion

Xinhai Revolution

White Lotus Rebellion

Revolt of the Three Feudatories

8. McKinley's was an administration full of firsts. He was the first president to use what to campaign?

Wit

Microphone

Telefax

Radio

Telephone

9. In another first, McKinley's inauguration was the first to be captured using what?

Movie Camera

Photography

Oil painting

A fishing rod

Paint by number

10. What bill did McKinley's portrait grace?

$1

$25

$100

$500

$1000

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