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What did Lincoln mean when he said “A house divided against itself cannot stand”?

• It is a good idea to have slavery everywhere.

• Northern and Southern states should decide about slavery for themselves.

• Having slavery in some states and not in others won’t work.

• Slavery should not be allowed anywhere.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

No southern state voted for Lincoln because

• he was from the North.

• the people there thought he might end slavery

• they didn’t understand what he was saying.

• they dint like him.

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

The southern states were going to separate from the northern states because

• the northern states were against slavery.

• the southern states were against slavery.

• the southern states felt like it.

• the southern states knew that Lincoln would try to end the Union.

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.6.8

Before Lincoln became president, he

• was a Congressman.

• was governor of Illinois.

• ran for Senate.

• was vice-president.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

The passage “The Election of 1860 and Abraham Lincoln” is mostly about

• the Presidential election right before Lincoln got elected President

• elections for Senate seats all over the country in 1860

• the speeches from the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

• how Abraham Lincoln became famous and won the Presidency.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

The question below is an incomplete sentence. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.Not one single southern state voted for Lincoln __________ the 1860 presidential election.

• during

• After

• before

• especially

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A