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Quiz Yourself on 15th U.S. President James Buchanan
1. Buchanan is the only U.S. president from what state?
Missouri
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Georgia
2. In whose presidential administration did Buchanan NOT serve?
Andrew Jackson
James Polk
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
3. Buchanan belonged to what political party?
Democrat
Republican
Whig
No Party
4. Buchanan remains the only president to do what in his life?
Be a Rhodes Scholar
Remain a bachelor
Serve in the Marine Corps
Receive a patent
5. Buchanan earned the nickname "Do-Nothing President" for his inability to prevent what event?
The War of 1812
The Great Depression
Influenza outbreak
The Civil War
6. Who served as Buchanan's Vice President?
Franklin Pierce
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John C. Breckenridge
7. Buchanan's presidency lasted from from 1857-1861. Which event happened during this time?
Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision
Kansas joined the Union
John Brown seizes Harper's Ferry
All of the above
8. Buchanan is the last president to have previously served in what cabinet position?
Secretary of State
Secretary of War
Secretary of Commerce
Vice President
9. As a Private in the militia, Buchanan fought in the Defense of Baltimore, a battle of what war?
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
Civil War
Spanish-American War
10. In a 2017 C-SPAN survey of presidential historians, Abraham Lincoln came in as the #1 ranked president in a ranking of all 43 different presidents. Buchanan was ranked in what position?
32
35
40
43
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