Kasz216 on 31 May 2012
| Mr Khan said: My understanding of Franklin Pierce was that he was trying to find a compromise solution, and was actively working towards it, whereas Buchanan was more for just letting the chips fall where they may (allowing stuff like Bleeding Kansas to go down on his watch). I tend to give Pierce a bit of credit for trying. |
Bleeding Kasnas happened on Pierce's watch. It carried over to Buchanon, but started under Pierces watch when Pierce passed the Kansas-Nebraksa act which invalidated the Missouri compromise and allowed slavery to be decided in Nebraksa and Kansas by popular vote. Free State and Slave State people both flooded in and started fighting. This intesnfied later, but it started under Pierece like 1 year into his presidency. and was promptly ignored.
