President Franklin Pierce Webquest: America's 14th President

Teaching Middle School History
President Franklin Pierce Webquest: America's 14th President
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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?

  3. What happened to his three children?

  4. What did Pierce do to excess?

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

  6. What would the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

  7. Did Pierce support the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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

  9. Did Pierce run for a second term?

Answers

  1. Democrat

  2. New Hampshire

  3. One

  4. They all died

  5. Drink

  6. The vice president

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

  8. Yes

  9. Lincoln

  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