Bill O'Reilly: News Quiz

1. Fillmore was the last president to belong to which political party?

Whig

Independent

Federalist

Anti-Federalist

2. Fillmore was born in a log cabin in the Finger Lakes region of what state?

Ohio

New Jersey

New York

Vermont

3. What distinction does Fillmore share with Presidents Tyler, Johnson, Arthur, and Ford?

He served as Speaker of the House

He was never elected to the presidency

He went to Harvard

He served on the Supreme Court

4. Who served as Fillmore's vice president?

James Buchanan

Franklin Pierce

William Henry Harrison

He did not have a vice president

5. In September of 1850, Fillmore appointed what Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints leader as the first governor of the Utah territory?

Joseph Smith

John Taylor

Brigham Young

Joseph Young

6. Who succeeded Fillmore to become the 14th President of the United States?

James Buchanan

Daniel Webster

Winfield Scott

Franklin Pierce

7. Fillmore unsuccessfully ran for president in 1856 as the official candidate of the American Party, which is commonly referred to as what?

The Know Nothing Party

The Green Party

The Anti-Immigrant Party

The German Republican Party

8. Passed in the first year of Fillmore's presidency, what Compromise effectively delayed the start of the Civil War and preserved the Union for eleven years?

Missouri Compromise

Compromise of 1850

Compromise of 1860

Kansas-Nebraska Act

9. Which of the following offices/positions did Fillmore not hold?

U.S. Congressman

Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee

Vice President

U.S. Senator

10. Fillmore helped to found what New York University, serving as its first chancellor?

University of Buffalo

New York University

Columbia University

University of Albany

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