LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE FIGHT TO END SLAVERY
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Question
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What was Abraham Lincoln’s official stand on slavery during the presidential campaign of 1860?
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Slavery should be ended immediately.
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Slavery should not be able to spread to new territories.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -He vigorously supported the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery throughout the United States, and, in the last speech of his life, he recommended extending the vote to African Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lincoln was morally opposed to slavery and politically opposed to any expansion of it. At issue was its extension into the western territories. On October 16, 1854, in his Peoria speech, Lincoln declared his opposition to slavery, which he repeated as he sought the presidency.
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