Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire president
Franklin Pierce was the fourteenth president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857.
A New Hampshire Democrat, Pierce is remembered as a weak president whose policies on slavery—particularly his support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act—deepened sectional divisions leading to the Civil War.
Historians consistently rank him among the least effective presidents.
1854 territorial organization law
- Fugitive Slave ActLaw mandating escapee return
- Compromise of 1850Five bills balancing slave-state interests
- slaveryOwnership of people
- sectionalismGeographic loyalty over national
manifest destiny · expansionism · Whig Party · Know-Nothings · abolitionism · popular sovereignty · secession · Civil War
Formal beginning ceremony
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- commander-in-chiefHighest military authority holder
oath · term · executive · veto · succession · Nathaniel Hawthorne · handsome · tragic
Causing public dispute
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- unpopularNot liked by many
- criticizedExpressed disapproval of
- failedDid not succeed
weak · ineffective · rankings · forgotten · obscure · alcoholism · tragedy · decline
Blue party supporter
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- electionOrganized public voting
- platformRaised flat structure
- policyAdopted principle of action
senate · legislation · bipartisan · caucus · compromise · conciliation · states' rights
New Hampshire's nickname
- ConcordUnity or famous places
- HillsboroughEnglish stadium disaster site
- DartmouthIvy League in Hanover
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
Kansas-Nebraska Act
1854 territorial organization law
- Fugitive Slave ActLaw mandating escapee return
- Compromise of 1850Five bills balancing slave-state interests
- slaveryOwnership of people
sectionalism · manifest destiny · expansionism · Whig Party · Know-Nothings · abolitionism · popular sovereignty · secession · Civil War · proslavery
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
commander-in-chief · oath · term · executive · veto · succession · Nathaniel Hawthorne · handsome · tragic · dark horse
controversial
Causing public dispute
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- unpopularNot liked by many
- criticizedExpressed disapproval of
failed · weak · ineffective · rankings · forgotten · obscure · alcoholism · tragedy · decline
Democrat
Blue party supporter
policy · senate · legislation · bipartisan · caucus · compromise · conciliation · states' rights
Granite State
New Hampshire's nickname
- ConcordUnity or famous places
- HillsboroughEnglish stadium disaster site
- DartmouthIvy League in Hanover
New England · lawyer · state legislature · congressman · senator
Franklin PierceAbraham Lincoln
Civil War era leader
George Washington · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Theodore Roosevelt · Thomas Jefferson · John Quincy Adams
Franklin PierceAbraham Lincoln
Civil War era leader
Frederick Douglass · John Brown · Harriet Tubman · John Quincy Adams · Ulysses S. Grant
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