Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Twelfth U.S. President Zachary Taylor

1. Zachary Taylor was born on November 24, 1784 in what state?

Georgia

South Carolina

Kentucky

New York

Virginia

2. Congress commissioned Taylor as a first lieutenant in 1808. He was stationed at Fort Pickering, located in what present-day U.S. city?

Memphis

San Antonio

Chicago

Nashville

Chattanooga

3. The Taylor family eventually settled permanently in what state in 1840?

Texas

Tennessee

Louisiana

Virginia

Montana

4. Taylor's soldiers gave him what nickname?

Battle Hardened

Old Rough and Ready

Old Battle Axe

Old Ironsides

Old Hickory

5. A long successful "Indian fighter," it wasn't until what war that Taylor earned national recognition?

Mexican-American War

War of 1812

Civil War

World War I

Spanish American War

6. What platform did Taylor run on for president in 1848?

Disunion

Expansion

No Tariffs

Reunification

None

7. Taylor became the 12th president in 1848 and was elected as a candidate of what party?

Jeffersonian-Democratic

Lincoln-Republican

Liberal

Whig

Tory

8. Taylor served one of the shortest stints in office, due to what?

Assassination

Cholera

Pneumonia

Concussion

Impeachment

9. The threat of secession loomed large during the Taylor presidency, what compromise was passed after he died unexpectedly to keep the nation together?

Compromise of 1850

Missouri Compromise

Kansas Nebraska Act

Compromise of 1849

Taylor Act

10. While Taylor himself was strong proponent of the Union and wanted to ban slavery in the newly acquired west, Taylor's daughter, Sarah married what famous future Confederate?

Stonewall Jackson

Robert E. Lee

Joseph Johnston

Braxton Bragg

Jefferson Davis