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20 Questions: Ulysses S. Grant Multiple Choice Quiz | World

A quiz on Civil War hero and the 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant

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

Author
AdmiralShark

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
184,096

Updated
Jul 23 23

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
10 / 20

Plays
762

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Question 1 of 20

1. What was Grant's first name at birth? Hint

Ulysses

Albert

Samuel

Hiram

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Question 2 of 20

2. Which of the following was not a trait of Grant? Hint

migrane headaches

loved dirty jokes

couldn't stand the sight of animal blood

superstitious

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Question 3 of 20

3. Grant's great grandfather Noah was killed in action during which conflict? Hint

American Revolutionary War

French and Indian War

Swedish-Russian War

War of Jenkins' Ear

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Question 4 of 20

4. Grant was the first US president who had both parents alive at the time he took office.

True

False

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Question 5 of 20

5. What famous singer is believed to be a first cousin, three times removed of Grant? Hint

Frank Sinatra

Cass Elliott

Rosemary Clooney

Judy Garland

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Question 6 of 20

6. Grant's son Ulysses Jr. ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in what state? Hint

California

New York

Ohio

Minnesota

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Question 7 of 20

7. Grant graduated from West Point in what year? Hint

1841

1843

1844

1845

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Question 8 of 20

8. In what city did Grant marry Julia Dent? Hint

St. Louis

Chicago

New York City

Galena

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Question 9 of 20

9. Grant received national attention during the Civil War when forces under his command captured which Tennessee fort? Hint

Fort Pillow

Fort Byington

Fort Sanders

Fort Donelson

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Question 10 of 20

10. When was Grant named commander of all Union forces? Hint

March 1864

December 1863

July 1863

September 1863

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Question 11 of 20

11. Who was Grant's opponent in the presidential election of 1868? Hint

Horace Greeley

Winfield Scott Hancock

Thomas Hendricks

Horatio Seymour

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Question 12 of 20

12. Three former Confederate states were excluded from the 1868 election. Which of the states below was NOT one of those three states? Hint

Virginia

Mississippi

North Carolina

Texas

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Question 13 of 20

13. Grant's first secretary of state only served 11 days before he resigned to become minister to France. Who was he? Hint

Elihu Washburne

William Belknap

Hamilton Fish

Edwards Pierrepont

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Question 14 of 20

14. The father of which future US President served as war secretary and attorney general in the Grant administration? Hint

William Howard Taft

William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt

Warren Harding

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Question 15 of 20

15. The Credit Mobiler scandal, which took place during the Grant administration, involved the skimming of profits from the federal construction funds for what railroad? Hint

Atkinson, Topeka & Santa Fe

Illinois Central

Baltimore & Ohio

Union Pacific

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Question 16 of 20

16. The Great Chicago Fire took place during the Grant administration. What year did the fire happen? Hint

1875

1869

1871

1873

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Question 17 of 20

17. What was the only state that joined the union during the Grant administration? Hint

Utah

Nebraska

Nevada

Colorado

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Question 18 of 20

18. Grant appointed four men to the US Supreme Court during his two terms. Which of them was appointed chief justice? Hint

William Strong

Morrison Waite

Joseph Bradley

Ward Hunt

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Question 19 of 20

19. Who was the partner in the brokerage firm with Grant's son that went bankrupt in 1884, leaving the former president almost penniless. Hint

Fordyce Barker

John Russell Young

John Douglas

Ferdinand Ward

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Question 20 of 20

20. Who was the sponsor of Grant's memoirs? Hint

William Vanderbilt

Mark Twain

Andrew Carnegie

P.T. Barnum

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Grant's first name at birth?

Answer: Hiram

Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, Grant started signing his name Ulysses H. Grant because he thought the initials HUG would not look good on a trunk at West Point. His name was mistakenly listed as Ulysses Simpson Grant on his application to West Point and Grant took that name for the rest of his life.

2. Which of the following was not a trait of Grant?

Answer: loved dirty jokes

Grant simply disliked dirty jokes. He suffered migraine headaches his entire life; he demanded that his steaks be cooked well done, and believed it was bad luck to retrace one's steps.

3. Grant's great grandfather Noah was killed in action during which conflict?

Answer: French and Indian War

Noah Grant died in 1756.

4. Grant was the first US president who had both parents alive at the time he took office.

Answer: True

Grant's father died in 1873, four years after Grant became president. His mother died in 1883.

5. What famous singer is believed to be a first cousin, three times removed of Grant?

Answer: Judy Garland

A biography of Garland "Weep No More, My Lady" makes this claim.

6. Grant's son Ulysses Jr. ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in what state?

Answer: California

Grant ran to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Stephen White in 1899. Thomas Bard eventually won the seat.

7. Grant graduated from West Point in what year?

Answer: 1843

Grant graduated 21st in his class of 39 cadets in 1843. He was assigned to an infantry division because of his low rank.

8. In what city did Grant marry Julia Dent?

Answer: St. Louis

Ulysses Grant and Julia Dent were married in her parents' home in St. Louis on August 22, 1848.

9. Grant received national attention during the Civil War when forces under his command captured which Tennessee fort?

Answer: Fort Donelson

Fort Donelson fell to Grant in February 1862.

10. When was Grant named commander of all Union forces?

Answer: March 1864

Grant's victories at places like Fort Donelson and Vicksburg brought him to the attention of President Lincoln.

11. Who was Grant's opponent in the presidential election of 1868?

Answer: Horatio Seymour

Seymour, the former governor of New York, was nominated by the Democrats at their convention in New York City on the 22nd ballot.

12. Three former Confederate states were excluded from the 1868 election. Which of the states below was NOT one of those three states?

Answer: North Carolina

North Carolina cast their electoral votes for Grant in the 1868 election.

13. Grant's first secretary of state only served 11 days before he resigned to become minister to France. Who was he?

Answer: Elihu Washburne

Washburne was in Paris when the city was laid seige to during the Franco-Prussian War. Fish replaced Washburne as the secretary of state, Belknap was secretary of war in Grant's administration and Pierrepont was attorney general.

14. The father of which future US President served as war secretary and attorney general in the Grant administration?

Answer: William Howard Taft

Alphonso Taft served three months as secretary of war in Grant's cabinet and then moved over to be Grant's last attorney general.

15. The Credit Mobiler scandal, which took place during the Grant administration, involved the skimming of profits from the federal construction funds for what railroad?

Answer: Union Pacific

The resulting scandal eventually involved vice-president Schuyler Colfax, which caused him to replaced on the Republican ticket when Grant ran for a second term.

16. The Great Chicago Fire took place during the Grant administration. What year did the fire happen?

Answer: 1871

The fire was started on October 8, 1871.

17. What was the only state that joined the union during the Grant administration?

Answer: Colorado

Colorado joined the union in the last year of Grant's time in office, 1876. Nebraska joined in 1867, Nevada in 1864 and Utah in 1896.

18. Grant appointed four men to the US Supreme Court during his two terms. Which of them was appointed chief justice?

Answer: Morrison Waite

Waite, a Toledo attorney with no judicial experience, served as chief justice from 1874 to 1888. He was Grant's fourth choice, the previous three had their nominations withdrawn or they had declined the nomination.

19. Who was the partner in the brokerage firm with Grant's son that went bankrupt in 1884, leaving the former president almost penniless.

Answer: Ferdinand Ward

Ward was eventually sent to prison for his accounting practices which caused the firm to go under.

20. Who was the sponsor of Grant's memoirs?

Answer: Mark Twain

Twain offered Grant an advance of $25,000 versus 20% of the profits. The memoirs, which were finished just before Grant died in 1885, provided for his family well after his death.

Source: Author AdmiralShark

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