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. either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new, north as well as south.”
who was the source of this famous statement regarding slavery and sectionalism in the years leading up to the civil war?
a abraham lincoln
b stephen douglas
c john c. calhoun
d jefferson davis

Explanation:

This statement about the nation being divided over slavery and the prediction of it becoming all one or the other (all slave or all free) was famously made by Abraham Lincoln during the debates leading up to the Civil War, particularly in the context of the growing sectional conflict over slavery. Stephen Douglas was his debate opponent, John C. Calhoun was a pro - slavery advocate, and Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederacy.

Answer:

A. Abraham Lincoln