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Winfield Scott Quiz

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For a considerable portion of his career, Winfield Scott was known by what nickname which alluded to his insistence on formality and etiquette?
Old Hickory
Old Fuss and Feathers
King Midas
The Bugle Man

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What famous colloquial saying is accredited with referring to Winfield Scott or Sir Walter Scott?
"Great Scott!"
"Beam me up, Scotty."
"Scottsdale Brawler"
"Like a Scott scorned"

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Scott earned great distinction winning what 1814 battle against the British forces near the Niagara River?
The Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of Cowpens
The Battle of Fort McHenry
The Battle of Chippawa

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In 1832, Winfield Scott helped negotiate the end of the war being waged by what Sauk Native American leader against the American government?
Little Turtle
Sitting Bull
King Philip
Black Hawk

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Because of his station, Winfield Scott was forced to oversee the Cherokee removal caused by the Indian Removal Act of 1830. What American President signed this act to gain access to more lands for White settlers?
James Polk
Millard Filmore
Andrew Jackson
James Monroe

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Throughout most of his professional career, Winfield Scott was known for his support of what political party which opposed the Jacksonian Democrats before the rise of the Republican Party?
The Free Soil Party
The Whig Party
The Know-Nothing Party
The Bull Moose Party

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Winfield Scott was one of the primary leaders of the American armed forces during what war that raged from 1846 to 1848?
The Mexican-American War
The Spanish-American War
The Revolutionary War
The American Civil War

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Winfield Scott and the American forces during the Mexican-American War fought against what military dictator who controlled Mexico at the time?
Santa Anna
Simon Bolivar
Rodrigue Hidalgo
Anton Des Prez

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What is the name of Scott's political and military ally who helped command America's frontline forces during the Mexican-American War before he became the 12th President of the U.S.A.?
Zachary Taylor
William Henry Harrison
Martin Van Buren
James Polk

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Winfield Scott won the Mexican-American War by capturing what city which is the capital of Mexico?
Mexico City
Puerto Valor
Monteray
Puebla

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Winfield Scott lost what presidential election where he was the Whig nominee?
1818
1833
1840
1852

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Winfield Scott lost the Election of 1852 to what man who became the 14th President of the United States?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Martin Van Buren
Franklin Pierce
Millard Filmore

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Winfield Scott retired from his military position in 1861 as what war was beginning?
The Patriot War
The Spanish-American War
The Civil War
World War One

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As he left command of the American Army, Winfield Scott formulated what plan to win the Civil War which emphasized containing and proverbially strangling the South's supply lines?
Winfield Scott Quiz
The Wolf Pack Plan
The Monkey's Paw Plan
The Army Ant Plan
The Anaconda Plan

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As he left the Army, Scott was honored with the brevet promotion of Lieutenant General. At that point in time, who was the only other American to have ever received that rank?
George Washington
Horatio Gates
The Marquis de Lafayette
Ethan Allen

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