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 Franklin
Pierce, A Chronology of His Life and Career
The personal good looks of
Franklin Pierce and his brilliant speaking manner
impressed all who met him. People in New
Hampshire respected his service as a U.S.
Representative and Senator, and as a Brigadier
General in the Mexican War. But few persons
outside his home state had heard of Pierce until
he ran for President. |
 President
Franklin Pierce, An Overview of His
Administration
As President, Franklin Pierce faced two
difficult problems: (1) growing Northern
opposition to any expansion of slavery, and (2)
rising prejudice against immigrants. |
 The Kansas-Nebraska Act,
which was signed into law on May 30, 1854, divided Nebraska Territory into Kansas
and Nebraska and specified that the question of
whether or not to allow slavery would be left up
to the voters within each territory. |
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