James Monroe Trivia Quiz Questions And Answers
Who was the 5th President of the United States?
A: James Monroe.
James’s mother, Elizabeth Jones, married Spence Monroe in
what year?
A: 1752.
As president, Monroe bought what from Spain?
A: Florida.
John Marshall, later Chief Justice of the United States,
was among Monroe’s classmates at what school?
A: Campbell town Academy.
Who was James Monroe’s Vice President?
A: Daniel Tompkins.
Who succeeded James Monroe as president of the U.S.?
A: John Quincy Adams
James Monroe was the last president who was a what?
A: Founding Father of the United States.
Of what ancestry was James Monroe?
A: Monroe was of French and Scottish descent.
When his father died in 1774, Monroe inherited what?
A: A small plantation and slaves.
In the battle of Trenton, who was the doctor that who
clamped Monroe’s artery, keeping him from bleeding to death?
A: John Riker.
Where was James Monroe born?
A: Westmoreland County, Virginia.
Monroe fought in the
American Revolutionary War and was
wounded in what battle?
A: The Battle of Trenton.
What did Monroe study under Thomas Jefferson from 1780 to
1783?
A: law.
In 1790 James Monroe was elected to the what?
A: Senate of the first United States Congress.
Monroe rose to national prominence as a diplomat in what
country?
A: France.
What did Monroe help negotiate with France?
A: The Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
During the War of 1812, what two critical roles did Monroe
hold under President James Madison?
A: Secretary of State and the Secretary of War.
James Monroe was elected president in 1816, winning what
percentage of the electoral vote ?
A: 80.
Monrovia is the capital of what African country and is
named after James Monroe?
A: Liberia.
Monroe’s father, Spence Monroe, was a moderately prosperous
planter who also practiced what?
A: Carpentry.
Monroe’s paternal great-grandfather Andrew Monroe
immigrated to America from what country?
A: Scotland.
Monroe’s mother Elizabeth tutored James at home until he
was what age?
A: 11.
When and where did James Monroe get married?
A: He got married on February 16, 1786, in
New York City.
What college did Monroe enroll in?
A: The College of William and Mary.
In 1775, Monroe dropped out of college and joined what?
A: The 3rd Virginia Regiment in the Continental
Army.
After the battles of Lexington and Concord, Monroe joined
24 older men in raiding what arsenal?
A: The arsenal at the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg.
Monroe is regarded as the last U.S. President who was a
what?
A: Revolutionary War veteran.
In the battle of Trenton, James Monroe was carried from the
field bleeding badly after he was struck in the left shoulder by a what?
A: Musket ball, which severed an artery.
In the battle of Trenton, who was the doctor that who
clamped Monroe’s artery, keeping him from bleeding to death?
A: John Riker.
In the famous painting of George Washington Crossing the
Delaware, James Monroe is shown doing what?
A: Holding the American flag.
What were the names of James Monroe’s children?
A: Eliza Monroe, James Spence Monroe, Maria Hester Monroe, Maria Hester Monroe.
Who did James Monroe marry?
A: Elizabeth Kortright.