Question

In running for senate, abraham lincoln argued that the country was weakened by:

Answer 1

The correct answer is: Compromises over slavery.

Answer 2

When running for the Senate against Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln contended that the nation was debilitated by the extension of bondage. Lincoln additionally contended that the tenet of well known power, which enabled occupants of the domains to choose if servitude would be allowed in that region, would likewise debilitate the nation - that "a house partitioned against itself can't stand."