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Just prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War, President James Buchanan did not use force to try to prevent the Southern states from seceding from the Union. Believing secession to be illegal, but also believing that the Federal government had no right to use force to prevent secession, President Buchanan alienated both Southerners and Northerners in his final months in office before Abraham Lincoln was sworn in (in March 1865) as the country's next president.

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What did president James Buchanan want as a president?

He wanted to preserve the federal union and prevent Civil War .


What is president James Buchanan most known for?

James Buchanan was the 15th President of the United States. He was the last President before the American Civil War and tried to prevent it from happening.


What was the last minute effort called that tried to prevent southern states from seceding?

John J. Crittenden's series of constitutional amendments.


What made James Buchanan the worst president?

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Why was James Buchanan considered the worst president?

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Did anything important happen while James Buchanan was president?

Kansas became the 34th state in 1861 and the flag of the USA received it 34th star a little bit after President Buchanan left office.


Lincoln wanted to prevent Maryland from seceding because if it did?

It surrounded the capital.


How did Lincoln an Buchanan differ on the issue of secession?

Buchanan had similar ideology to Lincoln until the Southern leadership attempted to kill him. After his near death experience, Buchanan did not oppose succession.


Did Lincoln successfully prevent any more states from seceding after his inauguration?

False.


Who said states didn't have the right to withdraw from the union and that it was unconstitutional to prevent them from seceding?

Abraham Lincoln


What was Lincoln's goal in fighting the civil war?

To prevent the south from seceding from the north.


What was James Buchanan failures as president?

Buchanan is known as the "Do nothing President" and that phrase is an apt one. He was unwilling to take an bold action towards handling the slavery issue and did nothing when seven Southern seceded on after another. Mostly he just marked time and let events happen as they would.