In 1860 and 1861, President James Buchanan asserted
A. that he would not resupply Fort Sumter, as it was a lost cause.
B. that states had the constitutional right to secede from the United States.
C. that the federal government had no authority to stop a state from seceding from the Union.
D. All these answers are correct.
E. that he would surrender Fort Sumter if South Carolina would rejoin the Union.
C
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