"Lame-duck" President James Buchanan believed that
A) southern states had a legal right to secede from the Union.
B) his duty was to protect federal installations from assault.
C) firm political and economic pressure would bring an end to secession.
D) secession was just a political tactic to enhance southern power in Congress.
E) the Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union.
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