James Buchanan: Was This Man America's Worst President?

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Source/Further reading:

Miller Center, super in-depth: https://millercenter.org/president/bu...

Britannica, overview: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...

Smithsonian, speculations on Buchanan’s sexuality: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...

Battlefields, overview: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/bi...

Buchanan and the Mexican-American War: https://library.uta.edu/usmexicowar/i...

Ostend Manifesto: https://www.britannica.com/event/Oste...

Kansas-Nebraska Act: https://www.history.com/topics/19th-c...

Bleeding Kansas:https://www.history.com/topics/19th-c...

Compromise of 1850: https://www.history.com/topics/abolit...

Dred Scott: https://www.history.com/topics/black-...