History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 2003 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A House Divided
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The idea
Lincoln held that a house divided against itself cannot stand, and that the government could not endure permanently half Slave and half Free.
In practice
Lincoln reading Dred Scott and Kansas-Nebraska together as one effort.
Where people slip
He argued that the two together were an attempt to nationalise slavery, which was a claim about intent and not only about consequences.
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