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1852

Lesson plan.
Franklin Pierce vs Winfield Scott — Franklin Pierce won a landslide in the last election where the Whig Party was competitive. General Winfield Scott, the Whig nominee, suffered from the party's deep divisions over slavery. Pierce, a northern Democrat acceptable to the South, swept nearly the entire country. The Whig Party effectively collapsed after this defeat, replaced by new anti-slavery coalitions that would become the Republican Party. Pierce's support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act would inflame sectional tensions.
What is in each packet
Contents of each grade band’s packet
BandReadingVocabularyQuestionsDiscussionAlso
K-2241 words4 terms31 promptimage, answer key
3-5569 words5 terms41 promptanswer key
6-8877 words6 terms62 promptsprimary source, answer key
9-12966 words7 terms72 promptsprimary source, answer key
AP1063 words9 terms81 promptprimary source, second source, long essay, answer key
Primary sources quoted
  • Inaugural Address
    Franklin Pierce, March 4, 1853 · 6-8, 9-12, AP
    Pierce, "Inaugural Address" (Washington, DC, March 4, 1853). Public domain.
  • Appeal of the Independent Democrats
    Salmon P. Chase et al., January 19, 1854 · AP
    Chase et al., "Appeal of the Independent Democrats" (Washington, DC, January 19, 1854). Public domain.
Quick quiz

Five questions on 1852

Every answer here is read off the 1852 returns — the same rows the packets below are built from.

  1. Who won the 1852 presidential election?

    • AWinfield Scott
    • BFranklin Pierce
    • CLewis Cass
    • DZachary Taylor

  2. Which party did the winner of the 1852 election represent?

    • AWhig
    • BRepublican
    • CDemocratic
    • DSouthern Democratic

  3. How many electoral votes did Franklin Pierce win in 1852?

    • A163
    • B254
    • C42
    • D149

  4. Which of these states did Franklin Pierce carry in 1852?

    • AKentucky
    • BVermont
    • CTennessee
    • DGeorgia

  5. Which era of American politics does the 1852 election belong to?

    • ARoaring Twenties
    • BSecond Party System
    • CNew Deal Coalition
    • DAntebellum Crisis

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