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He is generally regarded as having done nothing to prevent the Civil War from happening. He openly stated that he believed that the federal government was not allowed to stop states from seceding. He was criticized- even during his presidency- for his unwillingness to even attempt to reconcile the two sides or to stop the wave of secession in 1860.

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