Lincoln Answers

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Why did Lincoln come out of political retirement?

He was unhappy about the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

His law practice in Illinois was failing to turn a profit.

He wanted to create a new Republican Party.

One reason Abraham Lincoln did not call for abolition was that he worried it would cause the to split.

Union

South

economy

Use what you learned about Lincoln’s views on slavery to complete each sentence.Abraham Lincoln argued that slavery was .

wrong

necessary

outdated

natural

According to Stephen Douglas, who should decide the slavery issue?

the Supreme Court

the US Congress

local citizens in each state

political parties

What did Abraham Lincoln believe about slavery?

The Union had to become either all free or all slave.

Slavery was becoming less common, even in the South.

Slavery could be confined to certain states.

Slavery was economically inefficient.

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