Archive for November, 2009
American History Series: The Struggle Over Slavery in the Kansas Territory
Anti-slavery settlers felt they could not get fair treatment from President Franklin Pierce or the territory’s new governor. So they formed their own government. Transcript of radio broadcast:
06 May 2009
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English.
The most difficult national problem facing the administration of President Franklin Pierce was [...]
American History Series: Kansas Takes Steps Towards Statehood
Pro-slavery settlers race to gain Kansas for the South. But they face opposition from the man President Pierce appointed governor of the territory, Andrew Reeder. Transcript of radio broadcast:
29 April 2009
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION — American history in VOA Special English.
Now, we continue the story of America’s fourteenth president, Franklin Pierce.
Pierce was [...]
American History Series: The Kansas-Nebraska Bill Divides the Country
During Pierce’s term, a bill to establish new territories restarts the dispute between North and South over slavery. Transcript of radio broadcast:
23 April 2009
ANNOUNCER:
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English.
Franklin Pierce was elected the fourteenth president in eighteen fifty-two. He was forty-eight years old, one of America’s youngest [...]
