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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?

Extension of slavery

High protective tariffs

Women's suffrage movement

Weak presidential leadership

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Extension of slavery

Lincoln's "House Divided" speech (1858) warned that the nation could not permanently remain half slave and half free. He was addressing the sectional crisis over whether slavery would be allowed to expand into the territories and future states.