Question

During the 1840s Fort Smith in Arkansas was under the command of this general and future President

a) Ulysses S. Grant
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) Andrew Jackson
d) John F. Kennedy

Answer 1

Major General Zachary Taylor was the commander of Fort Smith in Arkansas during the 1840s and later became President. Ulysses S. Grant, while a future President, was not commanding Fort Smith during this time.

Step-by-step explanation:

During the 1840s, Major General Zachary Taylor, not Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, or John F. Kennedy, was the commander of Fort Smith in Arkansas who later became President. Although later in history, Ulysses S. Grant did become a President, during the 1840s he was not in command of Fort Smith and he did not run for presidency until the election of 1868. Zachary Taylor, on the other hand, served in the military during the 1840s and was nationally recognized, which helped him to later be elected as the President of the United States in the 1848 election.