Question

A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.

—Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858

What is a historical idea or event that supports Lincoln’s point
of view?

Answer 1

During Mr.Lincolns time there was considered to be the peek of slavery so I would consider the poem to touch on the subject that if not all equal the house will fall and will be divided.