POWERPOINT JEOPARDY

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Fillmore Pierce Buchanan Review
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Fillmore Pierce Buchanon Random Random
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Question 1 - 10

• Millard Fillmore was the ______ President of the
  United States.

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Answer 1 10

• 13

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Question 1 - 20

• Fillmore became the president when Franklin
  Peirce died? True/False

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Answer 1 20

• False

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Question 1 - 30

• What was the Fugitive Slave Law?

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Answer 1 30

• Law that allowed Southerners to reclaim their
  slaves that escaped to the North

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Question 1 - 40

• What state was Millard Fillmore from?

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Answer 1 40

• New York

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Question 1 - 50

• What did the Compromise of 1850 do?
• 3 parts

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Answer 1 50

1. California admitted to Union
2. Slavery in Washington D.C. ended
3. New Mexico Utah were organized without slavery

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Question 2 - 10

• What state was Franklin Pierce from?

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Answer 2 10

• New Hampshire

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Question 2 - 20

• What two issues were ripping the country apart
  during his presidency?

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Answer 2 20

• Slavery Territory expansion

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Question 2 - 30

• What disease did Pierce have?

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Answer 2 30

• Tuberculosis

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Question 2 - 40

• What position was Pierce given by President Polk?

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Answer 2 40

• Attorney General

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Question 2 - 50

• What country did Pierce negotiate a sucessful
  trade treaty with?

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Answer 2 50

• Japan

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Question 3 - 10

• James Buchanan was the _______ president of the
  US?

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Answer 3 10

• 15th

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Question 3 - 20

• What state is James Buchanan from?

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Answer 3 20

• Pennsylvania

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Question 3 - 30

• What college did Buchanan graduate from?

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Answer 3 30

• Dickinson College

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Question 3 - 40

• Why did Buchanans fiance call off their
  engagement?

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Answer 3 40

• Rumors that he was only marrying her for money

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Question 3 - 50

• What was Buchanans biggest flaw in terms of
  dealing with the Civil War

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Answer 3 50

• He did nothing
• Avoided conflict

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Question 4 - 10

• Buchanan negotiated a clear border between the US
  __________

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Answer 4 10

• Canada

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Question 4 - 20

• How did Buchanans wife die?

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Answer 4 20

• Unknown
• Assumed sucicide

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Question 4 - 30

• Who did Franklin Pierce place as his secretary of
  War?

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Answer 4 30

• Jefferson Davis

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Question 4 - 40

• What role did Pierce play in the Mexican War?

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Answer 4 40

• Sprained knee during battle
• Sent home
• Called a coward by Gen. Winfield Scott

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Question 4 - 50

• What tragic accident happened to the Pierce
  family before his innaguration?

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Answer 4 50

• Benny- only son was killed in a railroad accident

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Question 5 - 10

• Why was Franklin Pierce considered a Darkhorse
  candidate for the presidency?

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Answer 5 10

• Because nobody knew him
• He did not have any negative baggage

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Question 5 - 20

• Explain why Northerners often criticized the
  presidency of Pierce?

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Answer 5 20

• Because he favored Southern ideas
• Slavery
• Fugitive slave law

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Question 5 - 30

• Who was John Brown?

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Answer 5 30

• Northern abolitionists
• Raided Harpers Ferry- Virginia
• Sentenced to death- treason
• Sparked North/South conflict

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Question 5 - 40

• True or False. James Buchanan supported President
  Lincoln during the Civil War?

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Answer 5 40

• True

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Question 5 - 50

• What four things did James Buchanan place at the
  top of his presidential agenda?

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Answer 5 50

1. Economic/regional growth
2. Build up US military
3. Transcontinental Railroad
4. Canal Across C. America