In his speeches during the 1850s, Abraham Lincoln took the position that slavery
a. should co-exist with non-slave territories for years into the future
b. was not a moral issue but instead should be addressed in the political process
c. violated the Declaration of Independence and must be ended immediately
d. should be ended through a Constitutional amendment providing compensation to slave owners
e. threatened the political and economic rights of white settlers in the western territories.
Ans: e. threatened the political and economic rights of white settlers in the western territories.
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