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| franklin pierce definitions | |||
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| 1 | 0 | 24 sets | |
| 2 | 1853-1857 | 14 sets | |
| 3 | 14th president | 11 sets | |
| 4 | an american politician and the fourteenth president of the united states. pierce's popularity in the north declined sharply after he came out in favor of the kansas-nebraska act, repealing the missouri compromise and reopening the question of the expansion of slavery in the west. | 9 sets | |
| 5 | 14th u.s. president. 1853-1857. democratic | 6 sets | |
| 6 | democratic candidate for president in 1852 and the fourteenth president of the us. he made the gadsden purchase, which opened the northwest for settlement, and passed the unpopular kansas-nebraska act. | 5 sets | |
| 7 | democratic candidate that won against general winfield scott because the whigs did not like his opinions and helped the kansas nebraska act | 5 sets | |
| 8 | 14th president of the united states (1804-1869) | 5 sets | |
| 9 | he was was the last president to win the popular and electoral vote in n and s. and the last to serve under the whigs against democrats. in the 4 years of his term the whig party split up into the america(know nothing) party and the republican party. 1854 | 4 sets | |
| 10 | moderate, elected president after publishing of "uncle tom's cabin" | 3 sets | |
| 11 | 14th | 3 sets | |
| 12 | fourteenth | 3 sets | |
| 13 | new hampshire | 3 sets | |
| 14 | president 1852-56; policy of foreign expansionism; envoy to japan open door policy and supported creation of new markets in china; ostend manifesto; wanted to free cuba from spanish control; promoted kansas-nebraska act; reopened slavery issue in new territory | 2 sets | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 sets | |
| 16 | 1853-1857, democrat, issue = compromise of 1850, opponent - winfield scott | 2 sets | |
| 17 | democratic candidate for election of 1852. president who greatly favored southern policies and nearly accepted a deal to take in cuba as a slave state. essentially the wrong president at the wrong time. furthered conflict building up to the civil war. | 2 sets | |
| 18 | democrat | 2 sets | |
| 19 | kansas-nebraska act | 2 sets | |
| 20 | 14th president of the united states. | 2 sets | |
| 21 | nom'ed by the democrats as their presidential candidate and won the election of 1852 | 2 sets | |
| 22 | first president to decorate the white house christmas tree | 2 sets | |
| 23 | this president wanted overseas expansion; limiting britain in nicaragua, opening of japanese trade, cuba attempt | 2 sets | |
| 24 | he ran for president in the election of 1852 as a supporter of the compromise of 1850 | 2 sets | |
| 25 | democratic winner of the election of 1852 | 2 sets | |
| 26 | 14th president (1853-1857) william r. king | 2 sets | |
| 27 | 14th 1853-1857 (democrat) | 1 set | |
| 28 | the dark horse candidate for president saw son die and became an alcoholic/ elected in 1852 | 1 set | |
| 29 | american politician and the fourteenth president of the united states. pierce's popularity in the north declined sharply after he came out in favor of the kansas-nebraska act, repealing the missouri compromise and reopening the question of the expansion of slavery in the west. | 1 set | |
| 30 | a new hampshire democrat who supported the fugitive slave law. became president in 1853. | 1 set | |
| 31 | elected president in 1852 | 1 set | |
| 32 | 14 53 57 | 1 set | |
| 33 | 1804-1869 – 14th president, he favored the kansas nebraska act | 1 set | |
| 34 | he was president at the time of the kansas-nebraska act - supported the bill and helped get it passed | 1 set | |
| 35 | son died in train accident | 1 set | |
| 36 | elected president 1852 | 1 set | |
| 37 | 1853-1857; kansas-nebraska act; popular soverignty; japan opened to world trade; underground railroad; bleeding kansas; ostend manifesto | 1 set | |
| 38 | a democrat elected in 1852 also supported the kansas nebraska act | 1 set | |
| 39 | democratic representative for election of 1852; won by a landslide | 1 set | |
| 40 | a southern sympathizer from new hampshire. witnessed the gadsden purchase and the kansas-nebraska act. | 1 set | |