08.01 A Nation Divided Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas had opposing views on how to deal with slavery in the United States as many in the nation did in this time period. Using the lesson material and the quotes provided, answer the questions using complete sentences.

Lincoln Excerpt:
“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

Douglas Excerpt:
“I believe that the Union can only be preserved by maintaining inviolate the Constitution of the United States as our fathers have made it. That constitution guarantees to the people of every State the right to have slavery or not have it… each State being left free to decide for itself. The framers of that constitution… well understood that each one of the thirteen States had distinct and separate interests and required distinct and separate local laws and local institutions.”
—Stephen A. Douglas, Springfield, Illinois, June 17, 1858

Using the quote above, summarize Lincoln’s views on slavery and the future of the country in 1858.

Explain how the North and South developed differently in the time period leading up to the Civil War.

Explain the term sectionalism.

Using the quote above, summarize Douglas’s views on slavery and the Constitution in 1858.

How does the term popular sovereignty fit Douglas’s views?