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Lincoln's House Divided speech, opening his 1858 Senate campaign, declared what about the government?
AIt should dissolve the Union peacefully
BIt must extend popular sovereignty to every territory
CIt cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free
DIt requires a constitutional convention
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. It cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free
1. Lincoln opened his campaign against Douglas on June 17, 1858 with the House Divided speech.
2. He declared that a house divided against itself cannot stand and that the government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free.
3. He expected the Union not to fall but to cease being divided.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_
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