Franklin Pierce

Question 1

Gadsden Purchase-

Answer 1

From Mexico,a dazed a strip in the Northeast for a railroad

Question 2

Kansas Nebraska Act-

Answer 2

Stephen Douglas wanted South to approve of his railroad pan, so he put a bill splitting Kansas and Nebraska and letting them decide if they wanted slavery, dismissed Missouri compromise

Question 3

Bleeding Kansas-

Answer 3

fighting between pro and anti slavery over what type of state they wanted to be

Question 4

Brooks Sumner Incident-

Answer 4

Brooks beat Sumner it a cane because Sumner attacked Democratic administration which included Brooks uncle, Andrew Butler

Question 5

Ostend Manifesto-

Answer 5

Polk offered to buy Cuba from Spain but they refused, then Peirce dispatched 3 diplomats to Ostend, Belgium, where they secretly negotiated to buy Cuba. This was leaked and antislavery congressmen were mad