OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON FRANKLIN PIERCE 



Outline 



I. i:nrl> I it, 



:;rtli and paren 



Education 



dates at Bowdoin 

 (3) Law study 



II. Political Career 



i 1 ) In NV\v Hampshire legislature 

 (a) Speaker of the house 



national House of 1 ii-presenta I i\ e> 

 In the Senate 



: member 



<!> Stand on public questions 



III. In Private Life 



i 1 ) Return to law practice 



< L' ) The "Hale storm of 1845" 



(3) In Mexican War 



(4) "Compromise candidate" for Presi- 



dency in 1852 



inparison with other candidates for 

 nomination 

 > The election 



in Candidates 

 ' Result 



IN. \.liiiiiM-iraiMo, 



< i Governmental affairs 



( a ) Inaugural add' 



(b) Selection of compromise Cabinet 



(c) The Kansas-N, l.r..ska Hill 



1 . Doctrine of popular sovereignty 



2. Effects in Kansas 



3. Overthrow of Pierce's com- 



promise policy 

 ( 1 > The attack on Sunnier 



I'.irtli of the Ri publican party 

 i _ Foreign relations 



(at The Martin Kos/.ta affair 

 ( b) Perry's expedition to Japan 



1. Opening of treaty ports 

 it) Attempt at Hawaiian annexation 



(d) Gadsden Purchase 



(e) Canada fisheries question 



(f) Ostend Manifesto 



(g) Central American problems 

 (3) Internal affairs of interest 



(a) Yellow fever epidemic at New 



Orleans 



b) l-'irst "world's fair" 

 > Railroad expansion westward 



1. Changes in agricultural condi- 

 tions 



Questions 



How would you account fur I'M rc< '- nomination to ihe Presidency when there 



:;iany men m thr ii(>ld m<>iv ahlf than In-? 



How did if happen that a di>t nmui-hrd American diplomat appeared at Bnti.-h 

 court functions in his ordinary clothi > and a small sword? 



What act of Congress wa> dinrtlv responsible for the creation of a great political 



\hich i- in c\l.-tence to-day? 



M- nt mn three friends of Pierce'.- during hi> college days, and tell for what 



:.0lis. 



What uniiMial honor did he receive when i - than limn " 



What wa> tli. Hali -101 f IS!:,." ami h.\v did it provi P I man if 



Southern -\ nipath: 



What |iro|ioMlotl <! (lie electoral \otr- did he recei\c in i 



What di-tinctn.n \\a- attached t.i Pn i 'fl ( Sabll 



What tollnei Ml WM pi "ictically repealed 1\ I he l\Ul-.i-\ 



P.ill" What \\a- ih' of tin.- latter act m K.-tnaas? 



il:-l i 1'nit. - >. n it'll >nffei- diirmj: tin- Administration for a ra.-h 



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Wl,.. WM William Walk, r 1 What altitude did 'he I'mie-l Si :,.w.-ird hi- 



-chen:' ', it \\ i- tin re-nit'.' 



When and \\l the lil -I "wtilil'- fill" held, and \\hat \\a.- c\lnl.|t.d at it" 



