Q 01/05

Which president did William McKinley succeed in 1897?

A) Benjamin Harrison

B) Chester A. Arthur

C) Grover Cleveland

D) James A. Garfield

Answer · why

C) Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland, whose two separate terms make him both the 22nd and the 24th president. That quirk is why McKinley is counted as the 25th president ...

Q 02/05

In which Ohio town was McKinley born in 1843?

A) Warren

B) Poland

C) Lisbon

D) Niles

Answer · why

D) Niles

Niles. He left as a boy when his parents moved to nearby Poland, Ohio, for the sake of its better schools; the town now marks his birthplace with a ma...

Q 03/05

What trade did McKinley's father follow while the future president was growing up in Ohio?

A) Shipbuilding

B) Tanning

C) Iron making

D) Brewing

Answer · why

C) Iron making

Iron making. William McKinley Sr. managed iron furnaces, work that kept him miles from the family home, so for years he saw his family only at weekend...

Q 04/05

McKinley was a lifelong member of which Christian denomination?

A) Presbyterian

B) Baptist

C) Episcopalian

D) Methodist

Answer · why

D) Methodist

Methodist. He joined the church at sixteen and as a young man meant to become a minister; his bride, married in a brand-new Presbyterian church, soon ...

Q 05/05

Which flower did William McKinley always wear in his buttonhole as a good-luck charm?

A) A gardenia

B) A carnation

C) A white rose

D) A chrysanthemum

Answer · why

B) A carnation

A carnation. He liked to give it away as a keepsake, and in the receiving line on the day he was shot he had just handed it to a twelve-year-old girl.