Lincoln's predecessor James Buchanan
a. threatened Southerners with military action if they seceded.
b. refused to hand over the presidency to Republican Abraham Lincoln.
c. did nothing when a Charleston Harbor battery fired on a federal supply ship as it tried to approach Fort Sumter.
d. had sympathy for the plight of Southern slaves.
ANSWER: c
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