Q 01/05

Who succeeded Grant as president in 1877?

A) Benjamin Harrison

B) Rutherford B. Hayes

C) Grover Cleveland

D) Chester A. Arthur

Answer · why

B) Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes: because March 4 fell on a Sunday, he took the oath privately in the White House Red Room the day before, while Grant was still pr...

Q 02/05

What was Grant's name at birth?

A) Hiram Ulysses

B) Ulysses Simpson

C) Samuel Ulysses

D) Jesse Ulysses

Answer · why

A) Hiram Ulysses

Hiram Ulysses was the name he left behind at 17, and for the rest of his life he insisted that the 'S' in his famous initials stood for nothing at all...

Q 03/05

In which state was Grant born?

A) Illinois

B) Missouri

C) Kentucky

D) Ohio

Answer · why

D) Ohio

Ohio: after Grant died, his birth cottage at Point Pleasant was shipped off by barge and spent decades on display around the state before it was final...

Q 04/05

How did Grant end up with the name 'U. S. Grant'?

A) A newspaper's misprint

B) A recruiter's joke

C) A congressman's error

D) A teacher's nickname

Answer · why

C) A congressman's error

A congressman's error: nominating him to West Point, Thomas Hamer got his name wrong, and the young cadet kept 'Ulysses S. Grant' for life.

Q 05/05

What nickname did Grant's fellow cadets give him at West Point?

A) Hank

B) Buck

C) Cump

D) Sam

Answer · why

D) Sam

Sam: the academy's roster listed him as 'U. S. Grant', and his classmates joked that the initials stood for Uncle Sam.