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James Buchanan
Course: US History (1491 ce)
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University: Jackson College
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James Buchanan(1857-1861)-the Bachelor President
Democrat
Vice President-John C. Breckenridge
Major Domestic Affairs
Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857 and decision by Chief Justice Roger B.
Taney
Panic of 1857
Inflation of currency due to inpouring of California gold
Overproduction of grain due to Crimean War demands
Over speculation in land and railroads
More than 5,000 business failed in the year
Unemployment and hunger meetings dominated the news
North was hardest hit; South weathered it well since cotton
prices were up worldwide
Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858
Minnesota becomes a state 1858
Oregon becomes a state 1859
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry 1859 signals looming Civil War
Major Foreign Affairs
Panic of 1857 ripples throughout Europe's financial centers
Garibaldi forms the Italian National Association for the unification of
the country 1857; claims Victor Emmanuel II King of Italy 1860
German National Association formed for the unification of Germany
under the leadership of Prussia 1859
Ground broken on construction of Suez Canal 1859-1869