The Franklin Pierce Quiz
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1. Franklin Pierce was president # -- Choose an answer -- 8 21 14 Who was Franklin Pierce?
2. Pierce was the only president to hail from the state of -- Choose an answer -- Virginia New Hampshire Nevada Confusion
3. Pierce's nickname was -- Choose an answer -- The Granite President Handsome Frank Curly Elvis
4. Pierce's alma mater Bowdoin is pronounced -- Choose an answer -- bo-DOYNE BO-din bo DIDD-ley A wop bop a lu bop a lop bam boom
5. Pierce was lifelong friends with the great American writer -- Choose an answer -- Stephen Crane Walt Whitman Danielle Steele Nathaniel Hawthorne
6. Which piece of legislation, passed in Pierce's presidential term would change the course of American history forever? -- Choose an answer -- The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas Nebraska Act The Infield Fly Rule
7. Pierce was the only U.S. president to -- Choose an answer -- Become a Confederate cabinet officer Affirm his oath of office rather than swear on the Bible Develop his own cocktail All of the above
8. Pierce's slogan in the presidential campaign was -- Choose an answer -- Pierce In Our Time Vote for Pierce: No president can be as obscure as Millard Fillmore We Polked you in '44, We shall Pierce you in '52 Elect Pierce and drinks shall be on the White House
9. Jefferson Davis served as Pierce's -- Choose an answer -- Secretary of War Secretary of State Secretary of Commerce Minister of Silly Walks
10. Pierce was followed in the presidency by the incomparable -- Choose an answer -- James Buchanan James K. Polk James Monroe James Brolin
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