Read the quote from Abraham Lincoln below.A house divided against itself cannot stand.The “house” that Lincoln mentions is a reference to

Lincoln used “a house divided” to describe the United States, which he believed could not continue permanently split between states that allowed slavery and those that opposed it. Among these choices, the federal government best represents the divided nation. The quote does not refer specifically to the Northern slave trade, freed people, or Kansas and Nebraska.

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