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Franklin Pierce Medal
The land treaties negotiated under President Pierce ushered in a period of unsuccessful diplomacy and great bitterness with Indian tribes. As a result of 52 different treaties during this period, the United States acquired 174 million acres of Indian lands.
Most of these treaties provided the Indians with rations, money, or hunting rights, but promised were often unfulfilled. Such betrayals seriously hurt diplomacy and lessened the value of the peace medal as a symbol of trust. |