50 Points
Step 1: Study these excerpts from speeches given by Lincoln and Douglas:
A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. 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, Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858

Analyze the excerpt from Lincoln’s speech by answering the following questions in one paragraph:

What is Lincoln’s point of view regarding the future of the country?
Which statement from the excerpt shows his point of view?
Explain how the selected quote shows Lincoln’s point of view.
What is a historical idea or event that supports Lincoln’s point of view?

His point of view is his own communicating to the audience on the future of america in the aspect concerning slavery.

Basically the whole thing is showing his point of view by showing the single, simple word "I". As this word processes threw his speech, you know that this is his opinion that people agree with and his tributes to the problem.

The quoted section shows how he feels and his opinion on the subject, considering that he is the one who is giving the speech.

This historical event is called House Divided Speech, and it his one of Lincoln's famous speeches concerning slavery.