How Did President Buchanan React When Seven Southern States Seceded

question 9

Multiple Choice

How did President Buchanan react when seven southern states seceded?

• A) He denied that a state could secede, but also insisted that the federal government could not use force.
• B) He sent troops to South Carolina to try to end secession, but the Union troops fired the first shot at Fort Sumter.
• C) He accepted secession and began diplomacy with the Confederate states.
• D) He promised the South that he would restore slavery in northern states like Massachusetts.
• E) He acted as a forceful president, but this course of action did not work.

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