Jefferson Davis

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Jefferson Davis.

1. Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky, but he grew up on a small farm in what state?
a. Alabama
b. Virginia
c. Mississippi
d. Georgia
e. South Carolina

2. Which of the following colleges did Jefferson Davis attend?
a. William and Mary
b. Harvard
c. Yale
d. Princeton
e. West Point

3. Davis married the daughter of what future United States president?
a. Zachary Taylor
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Milliard Fillmore
d. James Polk
e. Franklin Pierce

4. What position did Jefferson Davis have in the United States government?
a. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
b. Senator
c. U.S. Secretary of War
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

5. Jefferson Davis resigned his seat in congress to become an officer in the army during what war?
a. War of 1812
b. Mexican-American War
c. American Revolution
d. French and Indian War
e. Spanish-American War

6. Jefferson Davis was president of what country during the American Civil War?
a. United States of America
b. Mexico
c. Canada
d. Confederate States of America
e. United Kingdom

7. True or False: Jefferson Davis argued against the secession of the South.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.

8. How was Jefferson Davis punished at the end of the Civil War?
a. He was hung as a traitor to his country
b. He was put into prison for life
c. He was shot by a firing squad
d. He was put into jail for two years
e. He wasn't punished at all

9. Which of the following did Jefferson Davis do after the Civil War?
a. Served for another three terms as Senator
b. Wrote a book and ran an insurance company
c. Ran for President of the United States
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

10. True or False: Jefferson Davis was born in a log cabin around the same time and not far from where Abraham Lincoln was born.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
c.
d.
e.


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