Editing James Buchanan (section)

== Villainy ==

* He tried to admit Kansas as a slave state.
* He was a [[White supremacy|white supremacist]] 
* He was openly supportive of [[slavery]]. He failed to address the issue of slavery, morally saying that slavery was wrong yet believing it was protected by the Constitution. He also blamed the Northerners and Abolitionists for the issue of slavery.
* He held a hatred against the Mormons.
* He failed to resolve the economic situation by the Panic of 1857.
* During the Mountain Meadow, he ordered the Mormon leader Brigham Young removed from his position as Governor of Utah.
* He blackmailed the Supreme Court into passing the Dred Scott Decision, which said the the Constitution did not have the right to extend citizenship to African Americans.
** This resulted in dividing the Democratic Party into two bitter factions.
* He attempted to stop Stephen Douglas from winning his seat in Illinois,
* He sent U.S. troops to the Utah territory, which resulted in the Utah War.
* He attempted to annex Cuba and make it as a slave state.
* He failed to pursue peace and prevent Southern secession, which ultimately led to the formation of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] and the [[American Civil War]].