Presidency Chart – James Buchanan (15th) (1857 - 1861)
Election of 1856Split in Know-Nothings and rise of Republican
Party |
Major Items during Buchanan’s Presidency |
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Dred Scott Decision (1857) LeCompton
Constitution Panic
of 1857 Lincoln-Douglas
Debates (1858) John
Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry Reaction
to Harper’s Ferry (1859 Ableman v. Booth (1859) Secession
of SC and Creation of the Confederacy Buchanan’s
reaction to secession and attempts to relieve Ft. Sumter Crittenden
Compromise |