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President Franklin Pierce Webquest: America's 14th President

Learn about our nation’s 14th president, Franklin Pierce, with this webquest.

By Sarah Degnan Moje
Desk Middle
Reading time 1 min read
Word count 146
Teaching middle school history Teaching middle school grades 6 8
President Franklin Pierce Webquest: America's 14th President
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Learn about our nation’s 14th president, Franklin Pierce, with this webquest.

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President Pierce Content Questions

To what party did Franklin Pierce belong?
  1. What state was Pierce from?

  2. How many terms did Pierce serve?

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  3. What happened to his three children?

  4. What did Pierce do to excess?

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  5. Who died six weeks after Pierce’s inauguration?

  6. What would the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

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  7. Did Pierce support the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

  8. Who spoke out against the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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  9. Did Pierce run for a second term?

Answers

  1. Democrat

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  2. New Hampshire

  3. One

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  4. They all died

  5. Drink

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  6. The vice president

  7. Let states decide for themselves if they want to be slave or free

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  8. Yes

  9. Lincoln

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  10. No

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This post is part of the series: America’s Presidents Webquest

This series of webquests includes our nation’s 13th, 145th, 15th and 16th presidents. These make great lessons for students in grades 7 to 9.

  1. President Fillmore Webquest
  2. President Pierce Webquest
  3. President Buchanan Webquest
  4. President Lincoln Webquest
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