• Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Hey, franklin pierce also sucked pretty hard. He didnt actually do anything, which is the problem. His lack of action dropped us right into the civil war iirc

    • Wogi@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Ehh he did try to prevent it, it’s just that he did everything wrong. It’s Buchanan that didn’t do shit and fucked the country.

      • yeather@lemmy.ca
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        16 hours ago

        Buchanan was a slavery sympathizer who thought the secession was legal. There was a long historical debate leading up to the civil war on if a state could secede since states have to ratify the US constitution and so could possibly deratify and go their own way.