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1. In your own words, what does Lincoln mean when he says “A house divided against itself cannot stand?”
2. What does Lincoln prioritize when it comes to the Union and the issue of slavery expanding west?
![Source 1: Lincoln's famous "House Divided" speech, on June 16, 1858 in which he said:
HOUSE
OIV DEO
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government
cannot endure permanently half Slave and half Free... Either the
opponents of slavery will [prevent] the further spread of it...or
[slavery's] advocates will push it forward till it [spreads to] all the
States... North as well as South."
Lincoln interpreted the Dred Scott decision and the Kansas-Nebraska
Act as efforts to nationalize slavery: that is, to make it legal
everywhere from New England to the Midwest and beyond. Lincoln's
speeches during his debates with Douglas also shed light on his
beliefs about slavery and race at the time.](https://content.bartleby.com/qna-images/question/7c6a3dff-6729-485c-933e-bf615eefedb6/49554df7-978f-4ba1-9701-a158bd1ce276/ocdih7d_thumbnail.jpeg)
Transcribed Image Text:Source 1: Lincoln's famous "House Divided" speech, on June 16, 1858 in which he said:
HOUSE
OIV DEO
"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government
cannot endure permanently half Slave and half Free... Either the
opponents of slavery will [prevent] the further spread of it...or
[slavery's] advocates will push it forward till it [spreads to] all the
States... North as well as South."
Lincoln interpreted the Dred Scott decision and the Kansas-Nebraska
Act as efforts to nationalize slavery: that is, to make it legal
everywhere from New England to the Midwest and beyond. Lincoln's
speeches during his debates with Douglas also shed light on his
beliefs about slavery and race at the time.
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