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No! Why would you think that? The states rights is what started the war! And the south wanting to pull away!
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 6y agoBuchanan didn't directly cause the war, but he failed to prevent it.
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∙ 10y agoHe wasn't president during the Civil War, but his actions like enforcing the Dred Scott Decision played a big role in starting the Civil War.
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∙ 11y agoNo, the first shots were fired about a month after he had stepped down as President.
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Who was in control of congress before the civil war?
It was Democratic under the leadership of James Buchanan and Republican right before the start of the civil war under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln.
When did blacks start fighting in the civil war?
later in the war
Who started the Civil War start?
the shooting at fort Sumter started the civil war and the confedarate fired at the union
President James Buchanan used force to try to prevent the southern states from seceding?
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.
When did the Battle of Richmond start?
U.s CivIl War.:)
What was James Buchanan greatest accimplishment?
== == he caused the civil war
Who was the last president before the Civil War?
James Buchanan
Did Buchanan start the Civil War?
No- The war started after he left office.
Who was the last president before the US Civil War?
James Buchanan
Was James Buchanan president during the civil war?
No, that was Abraham Lincoln.
Which president let the nation drift into the civil war?
James Buchanan
Who was in control of congress before the civil war?
It was Democratic under the leadership of James Buchanan and Republican right before the start of the civil war under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln.
Who was president just before the civil war?
James Buchanan (1857 - 1861)
What role did James Buchanan play in the civil war?
the shut up role
What made James Buchanan the worst president?
didn't do anything to prevent the civil war
Who saw the civil war beginning?
James Buchanan saw it beginning that's why he did not ran for a second term which makes Lincoln in line. So James Buchanan saw it.
Why did James Buchanan not fight in the civil war?
He was too old to fight. He was 71 years of age when the war began.
