Essays Tagged: "James Buchanan"

James Buchannon

James Buchanan was born in April 23, 1791 in a cabin in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania.James father came to ... At the age of six his familymoved to Mercersberg PA. where his father would open a general store . James was thesecond of eleven in his family. James was able to go to school where he lived but whenh ... le to go to school where he lived but whenhe was not studying he was helping his father in the shop.James father made James work hard and taught James that he must be ready to takecare for his brother ...

(3 pages) 41 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Needless Conflict- An analysis of an article by Allan Nevins, on the Civil War.

It would have been possible for America to avoid an "unnecessary war" if James Buchanan had been a stauncher executive. There were other insufficient leaders prior to his pr ... or this role that Buchanan can be "counted one of the signal failures of American statesmanship".James Buchanan's indecisiveness brought forth other "aftereffects" as well. It paved the way for the ... they gained strength and boldness, thanks in large part to the indecisive procrastinator, President James Buchanan

(2 pages) 19 1 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Notes on the presidency of James Buchanan

The Presidency of James Buchanan: The Deepening Sectional CrisisThe Dred Scott CaseOn March 6, 1857, two days after th ...

(6 pages) 17 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

No Name Presidents

United States of America has had 43 different presidents in its 225 years of existence. John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan, are not the be ... was settled on terms laid out by his Secretary of State Daniel Webster.On March 4, 1845, President James Knox Polk took office. Polk is one of the most forgotten presidents in American history. Durin ...

(5 pages) 3978 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Stephan Douglas

the state pro slavery. Two governments were set up and there was a small civil war in Kansas. When James Buchanan recognized the pro slavery government in Kansas, Douglas was angered by the misuse of ...

(2 pages) 1230 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Important Pa

ssissippi river with union gunboats and affectively slitting confederacy in two.16.David Wilmot: 17.James Buchanan: Secretary of state.18.John Brown: was a fanatical abolitionist in the country.19.Ste ...

(1 pages) 963 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

George W. Bush the Worst President in History

be the worst president in the nation's history. I agree; I believe that the president has displaced James Buchanan for that dubious distinction. Buchanan presided over the crumbling of the United Stat ...

(9 pages) 21 0 0.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Andrew Jackson

(4 pages) 1 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: History Term Papers