Select the correct answer.
Read the excerpt:
i belleve 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 do expect it will cease to be diided. It will become all one thing or all the other. all
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-Abraham Lincoln
Why was the Idea expressed by Abraham Lincoln in this speech significant?
OA It was the first time someone expressed the idea that the Union could dissolve.
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It was the first time Abraham Lincoln spoke about slavery.
O c. People at that time were still trying to compromise on the issue of slavery.
• D. The speech began Abraham Lincoln's run for the presidency.
