A young politician from Illinois believed that this was not a local issue, but a national one. His name was Abraham Lincoln. He agreed that the south could keep its slaves, but he fought to keep slavery out of the territories. Lincoln thought that over time slavery would end. "A house divided against itself cannot stand," he said. "This government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free." The south threatened to leave the union if Lincoln became president. After Lincoln won the election, some southern states began leaving the union before he started working as president. Could Lincoln hold the country together?
来自伊利诺伊州的年轻政治家认为这不是一个局部问题，而是一个国家问题。他的名字是亚伯拉罕林肯。他同意南部可以保持它的奴隶，但他争取保持领土的奴隶制。林肯认为随着时间的推移奴隶制会结束。 “自我分裂的房子无法忍受，”他说。“这个政府不能忍受永久半奴隶和半自由。”如果林肯就任总统，南方受到威胁要离开联盟。林肯在大选中获胜后，一些南方的州开始在他开始担任总统工作之前离开联盟。林肯能掌控这个国家吗？