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James Buchanan was what number of American President sequentially?
12th
15th
17th
20th
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Buchanan represented what state in both the national Senate and the House of Representatives?
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Tennessee
Ohio
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Buchanan became a popular member of his party when he took the position of Secretary of State under what American President known for bringing the U.S. into the Mexican-American War?
Andrew Jackson
James Polk
Millard Fillmore
John Tyler
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In 1853, Buchanan began to serve as Ambassador to what European nation?
Portugal
France
Russia
The U.K.
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When Buchanan ascended to the presidency, he succeeded what previous President whose bungling of the slavery issue was a matter which Buchanan further exacerbated?
James Monroe
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
Andrew Jackson
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Which of the following facts about Buchanan's personal life is true?
He was married to two different women at the same time.
He was the only President to remain unmarried throughout his entire life.
He was the grandson of James Madison.
He was the only American President to be a member of the Church of Latter-day Saints.
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Buchanan tried to pass the Lecompton Constitution in an attempt to admit what "Bleeding" state to the U.S. as a slave state?
Louisiana
Kansas
Maine
Indiana
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What infamous Kentucky politician acted as Buchanan's Vice President?
Oliver "Cactus" Jackson
Stephen A. Douglas
John C. Breckinridge
John C. Calhoun
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Buchanan was the last American President to serve his term before the full outbreak of what war of secession between the southern and northern American states?
The Douglas Uprising
The Little War
The Civil War
The Revolutionary War
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Buchanan supported what failed measure that would have protected states' rights to practice slavery regardless of federal rulings?
The Corwin Amendment
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Leighton Constitution
The Bleeding Kansas Measure
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Buchanan was also criticized for his meddling in what Supreme Court Case that ruled people of African descent couldn't have rights as American citizens?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Dredd Scott v. Sandford
Bakke v. California
Loving v. Virginia
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Buchanan had to sort out hostilities between the U. S. federal government and the Church of the Latter-day Saints who were settled into territory that would become what American state?
Oregon
California
Alabama
Utah
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During the Election of 1860, Buchanan helped split the Democratic ticket by supporting his Vice President John Breckinridge against what other Democratic candidate and famous statesman?
Henry Clay
William Henry Harrison
Millard Fillmore
Stephen A. Douglas
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The split Democratic ticket in the Election of 1860 allowed for what new political party to elect its candidate to the presidency?
The Republican Party
The Know-Nothing Party
The Bull Moose Party
The Federalist Party
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What man succeeded James Buchanan to the presidency and also became America's first Republican president?
William Henry Harrison
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Rutherford B. Hayes
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