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What underlying fear caused voters to turn to James Buchanan for president in the election of 1856?
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∙ 10y ago
I am not sure what you want to know. The Whig party broke up over slavery and the new Republican party was not well organized nationally. Consequently Buchanan did not have any strong competition once he won the nomination. He won the nomination because he had been living abroad as minister to England and so seemed somewhat above the fray produced by domestic affairs. Also he was popular in the South due to his part in the Ostend manifesto and was perceived as soft on slavery.
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What caused the south to secede from the union?
The election of Lincoln as President.
What caused southern Carolina to secede from the union?
The election of Lincoln as President
The election of Lincoln caused southern states to?
The election of Lincoln caused the southern states to hold their own independent election. This was done in opposition of Abraham Lincoln being the president of the United States.
What President and Vice President caused the 12th Amendment to be written?
This amendment was prompted by the election of 1800 and the problems occurring in the election of President Thomas Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr.
What event caused some to say America was in a post racial era?
The election of Barack Obama as President
What event caused many to say Americans was post racial?
The election of Barack Obama
What caused the first southern state to secede?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States in Nov. 1860.
What was James Buchanan greatest accimplishment?
== == he caused the civil war
Which US president's election to office in 1860 caused seven Southern states to secede and eventually cause the American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
How did James Buchanan affect the future?
he wrote a book that caused the US purchase of CCuba from Spain.
What caused South Carolina to secede?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
What was the event that caused Virginia to secede in the Civil War?
Virginia seceded almost immediately after Lincoln's call for troops.
