Answered July 19, 2021
Lincoln's point of view regarding the future of the economy is that the country will not divide but will be one. A quote that supports this point of view is: "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." This quote reveals his point of view by stating what he believes will happen to the United States. A historical event that supports his point of view was the ratification of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments which granted freedom and rights to every African American and kept the country together.
Douglas's point of view regarding the future of the economy is that the country is better off the way the Founding Fathers intended it to be. A quote that supports this point of view is: "...the Union can only be preserved by maintaining inviolate the Constitution of the United States as our fathers have made it. " This quote reveals his point of view by stating what he believes the United States should be like to stay together. A historical event that supports his point of view was the ratification of the Bill of Rights, more specifically the Tenth Amendment, which gave powers unlisted in the original Constitution to the states.
