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Read the quote.
A house divided against itself cannot stand... 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, 1858

Which issue caused Abraham Lincoln to make this statement?

Women's suffrage movement

Extension of slavery

High protective tariffs

Weak presidential leadership

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Extension of slavery

Lincoln's "House Divided" speech (1858) warned that the U.S. could not remain half slave and half free — it would become all one thing or the other. He was addressing the conflict over slavery's expansion into new territories and states.