USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -“Bleeding Kansas”–a guerilla war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers as they attempt to establish “popular sovereignty”–emerges and consumes Kansas for two years. Two months before taking office as President, Franklin Pierce and his family are struck by tragedy.

Detailed explanation-2: -As tensions increased within the territory, President Franklin Pierce recognized the pro-slavery legislature as the only legitimate government of Kansas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857.

Detailed explanation-4: -Franklin Pierce became 14th President of the United States at a time of apparent tranquility (1853-1857). By pursuing the recommendations of southern advisers, Pierce-a New Englander-hoped to ease the divisions that led eventually to Civil War.

Detailed explanation-5: -Discover how Franklin Pierce’s Kansas-Nebraska Act fueled the slavery debate and led to Bleeding Kansas.