“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free.” Based on the quote above and what you have learned about Lincoln, do you think he supported or opposed slavery in the United States?

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.