Question description
Summarize
the main points of Lincoln’s House Divided Speech. Why would someone
from the South who followed the ideological discussions around the
question of slavery have reason to be concerned about Lincoln’s opinions
as stated in this address? Would this speech satisfy an ardent
abolitionist? Why or why not? How do the ideas of this speech reflect
the times in which it was given? What other main events in the march
towards Civil War have influenced Lincoln’s thinking on slavery and the
part it plays in the union at this point in the disintegration of the
Union? From what he says in this speech what are Lincoln’s thought on
the founders of the United States or rather those who wrote the
Constitution at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia? Address
at least two of these issues in your initial posting.
