Grace Q.
Franklin Peirce
Table Of Contents
2: His Presidency
3: Jane Pierce
4: Stephen Douglas
5: Why Franklin Pierce was AWFUL
6: How to Become President
7: What I Think..
Chapter 1: All About Franklin Pierce
Introduction
Do you know who Franklin Pierce was? He was the 14th President of the United States. Now I will tell you about his life.
Early Years
Franklin Pierce was born on Nov. 23rd 1804 in Hillsborough N.H. His father was Ben Pierce and worked for the goverment. He went to Bowdoin college in Maine and was a congress man for ten years. Then he met Jane Appleton and they got married. They had three sons but two died at a young age and the other was faltaly mangled. That was his life before presidency.
Presidential Life
Franklin Pierce was elected on March 4th 1853. His political party was Democrat. His presidency might be the worst presidency ever. That was because his vice president died 6 weeks after he started term and his last living son is fatally mangled in a train accident. Then he was forced to do something...
Presidency
Franklin Pierce was forced to sign a contract that allowed slaves in Kansas and Nebraska territories. The person who pushed this on Franklin was Stephen Douglas. They had a fight but Stephen won. Stephen forced Franklin to sign otherwise he would make his presidency a living nightmare. So, Franklin had no choice but to sign it.
Leaving the White House
Franklin Pierce didn't get a second term because after his signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas broke out (it was called Bleeding Kansas because there were a lot of fights). He couldn't control it so he didn't get a second term and he had to leave the White House. Then he went to live in Concord, NH for the rest of his life. After Jane died on December 2, 1896, he started heavy drinking again. Then Franklin died of liver disease on October 5, 1899.
Chapter 2: His Presidency
Now the main part of Franklins life, his presidency.
The Three Little Sons.
Sons, people to play ball with, to enjoy grilling BBQ, and person to love for their walking lives. Yes a lot of people have the joy of a son but Franklin sadly didn't. His first two died of disease when they were infants. His last one died of a horrid train accident. So people said that he was mentaly unstable.
Begining Term
The begining of Franklin's term was as normal as it could be. The adverage work day: Wake up,eat breakfast,dress, work,papers,work papers,lunch,break,work,papers,work,papers,diner,work and papers,undress,bed. Yes Frank had a good begining term. But it was the middle and end that was ab-normal.
Middle Term
His middle term may be the worst part of his term EVER. It started out as a normal day in the white house then Stephen A. Douglas came in with his Kansas-Nebraska-Act. He made Frankloin sign but he refused. That was a mistake. A big fight started between the two and I bet you can guess who won. If you guessed Stephen your right. So Franklin sighed the Act but that was another mistake.
End Term
His end term was not pretty. When Franklin signed the act BIG fight broke out. (A.K.A Bleeding Kansas.) But he couldn't control it so he didn't get a second term. But he had to finish his first though. Wake up,eat breakfast,dress,work,papers,work,papers,lunch,work,break,papers,work,papers,diner,undress,bed. It was like that for the rest of his remaining term. So I guess its safe to say that Stephen got what he wanted.
Chapter 3: Jane Pierce
"I don't know" replies Frank. "Well just trust your gut and I'm sure It'll Be ok." i say trying to calm us both down. That was a mistake. He choose to sign it. So on May 30th 1854 he did. And that led us to leaving the white house on Mar. 3rd 1857. Then on Dec. 2nd 1869 I felt not so good and died.
Chapter 4: Stephen Douglas
Chaper 4: Franklin Pierce was AWFUL
One reason Franklin Pierce was awful was he couldn't control the country. In comparison to Abe Lincoln on the success scale Abe would be a perfect 10! Franklin would be a 3- in my opinion. For example: he signed the K-N-A and that led him to his first and last term.
Another reason Franklin Pierce was awful was he signed the K-N-A. That was a horrid act. It aloud slaves in northern teritories! and he was forsed to do so. Lets all agree here that a president (even one as horrible as Franklin) should never be forsed to do something. The one who forsed Him to was Stephen A. Douglas and that wasn't good. So thanks to Stephen Franklin had no second term. I hope he was happy.
The last and final reason that Franklin Pierce was awful was he had no second term. That is just wrong. Every president should have the full time (eight (8) years) no matter the awesome or horrible he was. He had no second term because he couldn't control the country. He couldn't control it because bleeding Kansas was to strong. bleeding Kansas happend because he signed the K-N-A. See how every thing ties up here.
So do you think he was horrible or not? I do and I hope you do to.
Chapter 6: How to become president
With all this talk about presidedents I bet you wanna be one. Find out hoe in this handy how-to.
Qualifacations
The first step in becoming president is having three (3) main qualifacations in order. The first one is you have to be born in the U.S. The second one is you have to be 35 years old. The last one is you have to be a U.S. resident for 14 years. If you have all of those GREAT! If you don't well try in a few or a lot of years.
P.P ( a.k.a Political Parties)
you have to be in a political party to be president. the choices are Republican or Democrat. I'm a Republican myself. If you have one ALL RIGHT. If not (this means your neurtral) then good-by to you.
2 main people.
good you meet the qualifacations and have a political party now you have to make it into the finals. next you need to have a speech prepared. A cannidate with no speech isn't a canidate. If you don't like giving speeches in front of a lot off people then this job isn't for you.
Winning support
So... you've got all of the qualifacations, you have a P.P and you made it into the finals. AWESOME! Now you have to be elected. And win support. Kiss babies, aprove mesages, give speeches DO WHAT YOU CAN TO WIN!
Election
it's election day! there's nothing a canidate can do at this point but watch the news.It'll show you america and the person they voted for in each state. I wish you good luck!
Chapter 7: What I Think...
Glossary
Faltaly-Mangaled- when your head get cut of because of something
Heavy drinking- Drinking Alcohol
President- a person who runs the country
Threaten- making somone do something or you'll do what ever to them