Jester Politics Americana Quiz Week 38

Name this President:

I’m a Democrat from Pennsylvania, had the nickname of “Ten-Cent Jimmy,” and served as President from 1857 to 1861.

I’m the only President to never marry.  My niece, Harriet Lane assumed the social duties of the First Lady and became quite popular

Late in my term seven states seceded from the Union, but the Civil War did not start until South Carolina troops fired on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 – a month after I left office.  I took the rather confusing position that states did not have the constitutional right to secede, but the federal government did not have the constitutional right to prevent them from doing so.

The Virginia Plan was written before the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and proposed as the replacement for the Articles of Confederation as the governing document for the United States.  Though the Virginia Plan was not adopted as written, it is the foundation of our Constitution.  Who was the primary author of the Virginia Plan?

The Constitution requires all persons who are appointed to the Supreme Court to be attorneys.

Which two cities did the U.S. drop atomic bombs on in WW II?

Which is NOT a power granted to the federal government (enumerated powers) by the Constitution?

If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, how is the president elected?

In the history of the U.S. there are 38 people who were awarded two Medals of Honors – our nation’s highest award for bravery.  However, there is one U.S. military branch that no member was awarded two Medal of Honors, which one is it?

Mark Twain is the pen name of one of America’s greatest writers.  He claimed he got his pen name from a river boat captain, but many believe he actually received it in a saloon. What was Mark Twain’s real name?

Everyone knows the Wright brothers were the first to fly a heavier than air aircraft in powered flight on December 17, 1913.  Where did they accomplish this feat?

Who was the last President that could have served more than two terms – not that he did serve more than two terms, but the last who could have served more than two terms.