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Lincoln

Question 13 • RS AZ-US History A

Read the quotation below.A house divided against itself cannot stand. –Abraham LincolnThis quotation reflects Lincoln’s belief that

Answer
A
state legislators, not popular vote, should settle the slavery issue.
B
slavery should be abolished throughout the United States.
C
the United States would have to become either all slave or all free.
D
popular vote, not state legislators, should settle the slavery issue.

Explanation

Lincoln’s “house divided” speech argued that the country could not continue indefinitely split between free states and slave states. He believed the United States would eventually have to become entirely free or entirely slave. The quotation reflects that belief, rather than endorsing a particular way of deciding the slavery issue.

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