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15 Questions: James Buchanan Multiple Choice Quiz | World

Here is a quiz on the 15th president of the United States, James Buchanan.

A multiple-choice quiz by AdmiralShark. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
AdmiralShark

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
178,976

Updated
Sep 10 23

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

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507

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Question 1 of 15

1. How many brothers and sisters did James Buchanan have? Hint

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Question 2 of 15

2. What religion did James Buchanan practice? Hint

Methodist

Presbyterian

Lutheran

Unitarian

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Question 3 of 15

3. Who was the woman Buchanan was engaged to in 1819 but, for reasons unknown, she suddenly broke it off? Hint

Jane Appleton

Elizabeth Speer

Anne Coleman

Harriett Lane

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Question 4 of 15

4. During which war did Buchanan see military action? Hint

Indian War of the Northwest Territory

Mexician War

War of 1812

Blackhawk War

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Question 5 of 15

5. When Buchanan was elected to the US House of Representatives for the first time, to which political party did he belong? Hint

Quaker

Whig

Federalist

Democratic-Republican

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Question 6 of 15

6. Buchanan served as secretary of state under which president? Hint

Zachary Taylor

John Tyler

James Polk

Franklin Pierce

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Question 7 of 15

7. Buchanan's home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania was known as what? Hint

Wheatland

Kinderhook

Sherwood Forest

Spiegel Grove

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Question 8 of 15

8. To what country did Buchanan serve as foreign minister (ambassador) from 1853-1856? Hint

France

Great Britain

Prussia

Spain

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Question 9 of 15

9. Where was the Democratic National Convention, that nominated Buchanan for president in 1856, held? Hint

Philadelphia

Cincinnati

New York City

Baltimore

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Question 10 of 15

10. Buchanan's vice-president, John C. Breckinridge, was born in what state? Hint

Tennessee

Kentucky

Virginia

Missouri

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Question 11 of 15

11. This Buchanan cabinet member also served in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. Hint

Howell Cobb

Edwin Stanton

Aaron Brown

Gideon Wells

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Question 12 of 15

12. The failure of which financial institution caused the Panic of 1857? Hint

Ohio Life Insurance Co.

1st Boston National

New York Bank & Trust

California Gold Trust

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Question 13 of 15

13. How many southern states seceded from the US while Buchanan was president? Hint

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Question 14 of 15

14. How many states joined the union during Buchanan's presidency. Hint

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Question 15 of 15

15. James Buchanan died while who was president? Hint

Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Johnson

Ulysses S. Grant

Rutherford B. Hayes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many brothers and sisters did James Buchanan have?

Answer: 10

Buchanan had six sisters and four brothers. He was the second youngest.

2. What religion did James Buchanan practice?

Answer: Presbyterian

Buchanan did not officially join the Presbyterian Church until he had left the presidency.

3. Who was the woman Buchanan was engaged to in 1819 but, for reasons unknown, she suddenly broke it off?

Answer: Anne Coleman

Reports say that Buchanan and Coleman quarreled and she broke off the engagement. She went to Philadelphia to visit relatives, where she died on December 9, 1819. Elizabeth Speer was Buchanan's mother, Harriett Lane was Buchanan's niece (who served as White House hostess during his administration) and Jane Appleton was the wife of Franklin Pierce.

4. During which war did Buchanan see military action?

Answer: War of 1812

Buchanan joined a volunteer regiment of dragoons that marched to Baltimore as part of Major Charles Ridgely's Third Cavalry. When the British withdrew from Baltimore, he was discharged.

5. When Buchanan was elected to the US House of Representatives for the first time, to which political party did he belong?

Answer: Federalist

Buchanan represented Lancaster, York and and Dauphin counties in the House. When the Federalist party ceased to exist, he associated himself with the Jacksonian Democratic party.

6. Buchanan served as secretary of state under which president?

Answer: James Polk

Buchanan served from 1845-1849. He was the only secretary of state during Polk's administration.

7. Buchanan's home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania was known as what?

Answer: Wheatland

Sherwood Forest was the home of John Tyler. Kinderhook was the home of Martin Van Buren and Spiegel Grove was the home of Rutherford B. Hayes.

8. To what country did Buchanan serve as foreign minister (ambassador) from 1853-1856?

Answer: Great Britain

Buchanan, along with the US ministers to Spain and France, drew up the Ostend Manifesto, which called for US acquisition of Cuba.

9. Where was the Democratic National Convention, that nominated Buchanan for president in 1856, held?

Answer: Cincinnati

The Republicans held their 1856 convention in Philadelphia and nominated John C. Fremont. The American Party held their convention that year in New York City and nominated former president Millard Fillmore. The Whigs held their 1856 convention in Baltimore and also nominated Fillmore.

10. Buchanan's vice-president, John C. Breckinridge, was born in what state?

Answer: Kentucky

Breckinridge was born in 1821. Breckinridge was only 36 when he was sworn in as vice-president.

11. This Buchanan cabinet member also served in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet.

Answer: Edwin Stanton

Stanton served as Buchanan's attorney general from after the general election in 1860 till Buchanan left office in March 1861. He later served as Lincoln's secretary of war. Cobb was Buchanan's secretary of the treasury until Lincoln was elected. He then resigned and ended up being the chairman of the convention that organized the Confederacy in Montgomery. Aaron Brown was Buchanan's postmaster general.

He died in 1859. Wells did not serve in Buchanan's cabinet but was Lincoln's secretary of the navy.

12. The failure of which financial institution caused the Panic of 1857?

Answer: Ohio Life Insurance Co.

The Ohio Life Insurance Co went under in August 1857, causing an economic depression that lasted till the start of the Civil War.

13. How many southern states seceded from the US while Buchanan was president?

Answer: 7

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas all seceded from the union before Lincoln took office.

14. How many states joined the union during Buchanan's presidency.

Answer: 3

Minnesota (1858), Oregon (1859) and Kansas (1861) all joined the union while Buchanan was president. Kansas joined on January 29, 1861, a little over a month before Buchanan left office.

15. James Buchanan died while who was president?

Answer: Andrew Johnson

Buchanan died on June 1, 1868 at Wheatland, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Source: Author AdmiralShark

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