Franklin Pierce: America's 14th President
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Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire was handsome, gregarious, and famous for his cloquence. In private life and in politics, however, he proved to be unlucky and unhappy. As a young man he suffered from alcoholism, his wife was often ill, and their three sons died in childhood. A Northern Democrat with Southern sympathies, he was nominated for president in 1852 and won the election against a hapless Whig opponent. He soon lost the support of the North by enforcing the hated Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and signing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which promised to extend slavery in the new territories. When Kansas was swept by violence, Pierce supported proslavery factions and refused to send federal troops to restore order. In 1856, his party refused to renominate him, bringing his political career to a close. Book jacket.
Format:Library Binding
Language:English
ISBN:0516242350
ISBN13:9780516242354
Release Date:January 2004
Publisher:Children's Press(CT)
Length:110 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 8.2" x 10.0"
Age Range:10 to 13 years
Grade Range:Grades 5 to 8
Customer Reviews
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into the abys
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
As a president who is popularly tied with Buchanan for the bottom of the barrel, it is refreshing that the volumne comes up with a story of interest. Even though this may be an obscure period for most of us, the bridge between the Revolution and the Civil War is represented in this story. Worth reading
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