u/CatfishBassAndTrout

I think if he just gave everyone hairless guinea pigs that everyone would calm down and be happy :)

I do not have a specific point in which I believe the Civil War became inevitable, but I do believe it happened at some point during Buchanan's Administration. My reasoning being that the South was still holding on by a thread during Buchanan's term in office however when Lincoln is elected the South is in open distrust of Lincoln's promise to not target slavery where it already exists which in my opinion undoubtedly means the South will secede to protect slavery in the South.

I was curious as to hear from you all at which point do you think it became inevitable?

Our story involves 3 people. Experienced Politician James Buchanan, hopeful for the presidency for decades. President Franklin Pierce, a broken man and broken President. And Stephen Douglas, a top Democrat and presidential hopeful.

The Democratic Party had already begun the process of selecting who they would nominate for the presidency. The person who would be nominated would need 66% or more of the delegates within the party to vote for them in order to secure the nomination and after some time the party was mainly split between these 3 men. In the lead was James Buchanan, following him Franklin Pierce, and then Stephen Douglas.

James Buchanan had an idea. If he could convince one of the other candidates to drop out and get their delegates instead, he'd be nominated for president. Well, James Buchanan and Franklin Pierce were bitter rivals and absolutely detested eachother, so Pierce giving Buchanan his delegates in exchange for anything at all was less likely than Pierce deciding to quit drinking. Buchanan then turned to Douglas and said to him if you'll agree to drop out and give me your delegates, i'll agree to run as a 1-term candidate. Douglas agreed, dropped out of the race, Buchanan got the delegates, received the Democratic Party's nomination for President, and was later elected President.

Buchanan's dream of becoming the President had came true. But the question was, how was he going to heal the nation after Pierce's disastrous presidency and usher in his REAL goal: The biggest round of American imperialism the likes of which the country hadn't seen since Polk and become the new greatest president since Washington.

I wonder how he did!